Open AccessRock Creep and Thermal Instability
Author(s) -
Jeffreys Harold
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1958.tb00047.x
Subject(s) - instability , creep , thermal instability , geology , convection , mechanics , thermal , convective heat transfer , convective instability , geophysics , geotechnical engineering , thermodynamics , physics
Summary The theory of instability of a fluid heated below can be adapted without difficulty to a rock satisfying the modified Lomnitz law of creep. It is found that instability is impossible and therefore that steady convection currents would not arise.