Radial profile of mantle viscosity: Results from the joint inversion of convection and postglacial rebound observables

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B2, 1997, Pages 2751-2769

  Mitrovica, Jerry X ^a   Forte, Alessandro M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbamate and phenylurea pesticides; Collision induced dissociation; Ion trap MS MS

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030797947     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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