The origin of large scale structure in mantle convection: Effects of plate motions and viscosity stratification

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2987-2990

  Bunge, Hans Peter ^a   Richards, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY; VISCOSITY; EARTH (PLANET); GEOPHYSICS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES;

GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES; LOWER MANTLE VISCOSITIES; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE CONVECTION MODELS; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; VISCOSITY STRATIFICATION;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); GEOLOGY;

LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; MANTLE; PLATE MOTION; STRATIFICATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030265508     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02522     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Bunge, H.-P., M.A. Richards and J.R. Baumgardner, Effect of depth-dependent viscosity on the planform of mantle convection, Nature, 379, 436-438, 1996a.
3. Tackley, P.J., D.J. Stevenson, G.A. Glatzmaier, and G. Schubert, Effects of an endothermic phase transition at 670 km depth on a spherical model of convection in Earth's mantle, Nature, 361, 699-704, 1993