Inversion for mantle viscosity profiles constrained by dynamic topography and the geoid, and their estimated errors

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 821-836

  Panasyuk, Svetlana V ^a   Hager, Bradford H ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geoid anomalies; Inverse problem; Inversion; Mantle discontinuities; Mantle viscosity; Topography

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; GEOID; MANTLE STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034535433     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0956-540X.2000.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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