Lagrangian structures and stirring in the Earth's mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 335-348

  Farnetani, Cinzia G ^a   Samuel, Henri ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Lagrangian coherent structures; Lyapunov exponent; Mantle convection; Mixing; Stirring

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID FLOW; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MIXING;

EID: 0037441950     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01085-3     Document Type: Article

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