Gravitational viscoelastic relaxation of eccentrically nested spheres

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-66

  Martinec, Zdeněk ^a,b   Wolf, Detlef ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Normal modes; Spherical harmonics; Viscoelasticity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY FIELD; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0032873457     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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