Understanding the effects of mantle compressibility on geoid kernels

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-133

  Panasyuk, Svetlana V ^a   Hager, Bradford H ^a   Forte, Alessandro M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Geoid; Green's functions; Mantle convection; Mantle rheology; Mantle viscosity; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONVECTION; GEOID; MANTLE; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029768974     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06357.x     Document Type: Article

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