Delayed cooling of the Earth's mantle due to variable thermal conductivity and the formation of a low conductivity zone

Physics & Astronomy

• low conductivity 100%
• Earth mantle 91%
• thermal conductivity 60%
• cooling 52%
• thermal boundary layer 20%
• heating 19%
• Rayleigh number 17%
• sinking 10%
• adiabatic conditions 10%
• Boussinesq approximation 10%
• conductivity 10%
• half life 8%
• radiative transfer 8%
• convection 6%
• retarding 5%
• viscosity 5%
• boundary conditions 5%
• phonons 5%
• interactions 3%
• temperature 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• thermal conductivity 82%
• conductivity 63%
• mantle 57%
• cooling 55%
• heating 24%
• Rayleigh number 20%
• boundary layer 13%
• mantle convection 10%
• thermal evolution 10%
• trade-off 8%
• half life 8%
• radiative transfer 8%
• boundary condition 6%
• viscosity 6%
• attribute 6%
• cold 6%
• rate 5%
• speed 5%
• material 3%
• temperature 3%

Chemical Compounds

• Thermal Conductivity 73%
• Cooling 68%
• Conductivity 51%
• Rayleigh Number 47%
• Time 28%
• Phonon 14%
• Reaction Half Life 12%
• Strength 8%
• Pressure 7%
• Surface 4%