Dynamical and thermal structure of a subduction zone: Influence of slab geometry on the convective state of the Earth's upper mantle; preliminary results

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 231-247

  Insergueix, D ^a   Dupeyrat, L ^a   Menvielle, M ^a   Tric, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences du Numérique   (France)

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EID: 0006555335     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03209-8     Document Type: Article

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