The dynamics of thin shells with variable viscosity and the origin of toroidal flow in the mantle

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 537-552

  Ribe, Neil M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

geoid anomalies; thin shell theory; toroidal poloidal coupling

Indexed keywords

GEOID ANOMALY; MANTLE; POLOIDAL FLOW; THIN SHELL MODEL; TOROIDAL FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0027036598     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1992.tb02090.x     Document Type: Article

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