The geoid constraint in global geodynamics: Viscosity structure, mantle heterogeneity models and boundary conditions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Thoraval, Catherine ^a,b   Richards, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UMR39/CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Density heterogeneity; Dynamic topography; Geoid; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DENSITY; GEODYNAMICS; GEOID; HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031474885     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00591.x     Document Type: Article

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