Spectral, initial value approach for viscoelastic relaxation of a spherical earth with a three-dimensional viscosity-I. Theory

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 469-488

  Martinec, Zdeněk ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

3 D structure; Forward modelling; Spherical earth; Time dependence; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

SOLID EARTH; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0032986908     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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