Solid Convection in the Terrestrial Planets; Workshop, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., December 12, 13, 1977, Review Papers and ContributionsReview papers and specific contributions on the subject of convection in the solid interiors of the terrestrial planets and planetary evolution are presented. Geophysical observations of solid-state convection in the terrestrial planets are reviewed, along with the theory of convection in a layer with a high Prandtl number and numerical approaches to the calculation of convection in planetary interiors. Other papers treat the formation, history and energetics of terrestrial planet cores, the effects of convection on lunar thermal history and the relation between the height of mountains on Venus and the creep properties of Venusian rocks.
Cassen, P. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, Calif., United States)
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June 1, 1979
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Publication: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
Volume: 19
Issue: 2
ISSN: 0031-9201
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
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79A45451
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