Mantle viscosity from Monte Carlo inversion of very long baseline interferometry data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B8, 2001, Pages 16375-16385

  Spada, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; UPPER MANTLE; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034801037     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000157     Document Type: Article

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