Dynamical influences of depth-dependent properties on mantle upwellings and temporal variations of the moment of inertia

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 153-170

  Moser, Jiří ^a   Yuen, David A ^b   Larsen, Tine B ^c   Matyska, Ctirad ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; MOMENT OF INERTIA; THERMAL EXPANSIVITY; UPWELLING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031423390     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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