Compressible viscoelasticity: Stability of solutions for homogeneous plane-Earth models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 569-585

  Klemann, Volker ^a   Wu, Patrick ^b   Wolf, Detlef ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deformation; Dilatation; Gravity; Normal modes; Stability; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DEFORMATION; EARTH STRUCTURE; HALF SPACE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0012393744     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01920.x     Document Type: Article

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