Multigrid solution of convection problems with strongly variable viscosity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 793-804

  Auth, C ^a   Harder, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Fluid dynamics; Geodynamics; Multigrid methods

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; THERMAL CONVECTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032844362     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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