Mantle viscosity derived by genetic algorithm using oceanic geoid and seismic tomography for whole-mantle versus blocked-flow situations

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-326

  Kido, Motoyuki ^a   Yuen, David A ^b   Čadek, Ondřej ^c   Nakakuki, Tomoeki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHM; MANTLE VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032507567     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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