Polar wandering in mantle convection models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1777-1780

  Richards, M A ^a,e,f   Bunge, H P ^b,c   Ricard, Y ^a,d   Baumgardner, J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTH (PLANET); THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY;

MANTLE CONVECTION MODELS; POLAR WANDERING;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

EARTH ROTATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; POLAR WANDERING;

EID: 0033563588     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900331     Document Type: Article

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