Simple considerations on forces driving plate motion and on the plate-tectonic contribution to the long-wavelength geoid

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 268-282

  Karpychev, Mikhail ^a   Fleitout, Luce ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Geoid anomalies; Mantle viscosity; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEOID ANOMALY; MANTLE; PLATE MOTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030423688     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04719.x     Document Type: Article

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