Analytic solutions for Stokes' flow with lateral variations in viscosity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-28

  Zhong, Shijie ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling; Geoid; Mode; Topography; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

GEOID; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MANTLE; MODE COUPLING; STOKES' FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029750657     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06349.x     Document Type: Article

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