Mantle circulation models with variational data assimilation: Inferring past mantle flow and structure from plate motion histories and seismic tomography

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 280-301

  Bunge, Hans Peter ^a   Hagelberg, C R ^b   Travis, B J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth's interior; Geodynamics; Inverse problems; Mantle convection

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; INVERSE PROBLEM; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0037329874     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01823.x     Document Type: Article

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