Layered mantle convection: A model for geoid and topography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 367-377

  Wen, Lianxing ^a   Anderson, Don L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Geoid; Mantle; Topography

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; GEOID; MANTLE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030751409     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00238-5     Document Type: Article

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