Initial-value and modal approaches for transient viscoelastic responses with complex viscosity profiles

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 348-362

  Hanyk, Ladislav ^a   Yuen, David A ^b   Matyska, Ctirad ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b 4 174 EE CSCI Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle viscosity; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030424793     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04725.x     Document Type: Article

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