The influence of temperature and depth dependent viscosity on geoid and topography profiles from models of mantle convection

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 75-92

  Chen, Junnan ^a   King, Scott D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOID; MANTLE CONVECTION; TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031844180     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00110-6     Document Type: Article

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