Some effects of lateral viscosity variations on geoid and surface velocities induced by density anomalies in the mantle

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 531-547

  Zhang, Shuxia ^a   Christensen, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

geoid modelling; mode coupling; seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

DENSITY ANOMALY; GEOID MODELLING; MANTLE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0027835557     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1993.tb06985.x     Document Type: Article

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