Inferring the viscosity and the 3‐D density structure of the mantle from geoid, topography and plate velocities

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 561-571

  Ricard, Yanick ^a   Wuming, Bai ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

mantle density structure; mantle viscosity

Indexed keywords

DENSITY STRUCTURE; GEOID; MANTLE; PLATE VELOCITY; TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0025956118     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1991.tb00796.x     Document Type: Article

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