Effect of depth-dependent viscosity on the planform of mantle convection

Nature

Volumn 379, Issue 6564, 1996, Pages 436-438

  Bunge, Hans Peter ^a,b   Richards, Mark A ^b   Baumgardner, John R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH DEPENDENCE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLANFORM; VISCOSITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MODEL; SPECTRUM; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029769360     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/379436a0     Document Type: Article

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