Quantifying mixing and age variations of heterogeneities in models of mantle convection: Role of depth-dependent viscosity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B4, 2001, Pages 6747-6759

  Hunt, D L ^a   Kellogg, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE; MIXING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034952601     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900261     Document Type: Article

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