Radial profiles of temperature and viscosity in the Earth's mantle inferred from the geoid and lateral seismic structure

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 607-615

  Cadek O ^a   Van Den Berg, A P ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geoid; Geothermal gradient; Mantle; Thermodynamic properties; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

GEOID; MANTLE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032583370     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00244-1     Document Type: Article

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