Surface deformation caused by pressure changes in the fluid core

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1493-1496

  Fang, Ming ^a   Hager, Bradford H ^a   Herring, Thomas A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOSTROPHIC PRESSURE; MANTLE DEFORMATION; PRESSURE LOAD LOVE NUMBERS;

GEOPHYSICS; DEFORMATION;

CORE (OUTER); CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; ELLIPTICITY; LOVE NUMBER; MANTLE DEFORMATION; PRESSURE FIELD;

CORE SURFACE FLOWS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LENGTH OF DAYS; MANTLE DEFORMATION; PRESSURE CHANGE; RADIAL VELOCITY; SURFACE DEFORMATION; TIME VARIATIONS;

EID: 0030158971     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00743     Document Type: Article

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