Geoid and topographic swells over temperature-dependent thermal plumes in spherical-axisymmetric geometry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3093-3096

  King, Scott D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SWELLING; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL PLUMES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; VISCOUS FLOW; SPHERES; VISCOSITY;

GEOID SWELLS; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; TOPOGRAPHIC SWELLS;

TECTONICS; GEOMETRY;

AXISYMMETRIC GEOMETRIES; AXISYMMETRIC MODELS; CARTESIAN GEOMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT VISCOSITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILES; VISCOSITY FLUIDS;

EID: 0031333248     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL53154     Document Type: Article

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