A three-dimensional spherical mesh generator

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-200

  Everett, M E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element methods

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SPHERICAL MESH GENERATOR;

EID: 0030715585     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00998.x     Document Type: Article

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