Variational principles for the momentum equation of mantle convection with Newtonian and power-law rheologies

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 281-286

  Matyska, Ctirad ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Convection; Geodynamics; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE; MOMENTUM EQUATION; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0030482459     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05286.x     Document Type: Article

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