A new mantle convection model constrained by seismic tomography data

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 772-778

  Fu, Rongshan ^a   Huang, Jianhua ^a   Dong, Shuqian ^a   Zhang, Qunshan ^a   Chang, Xiaohua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Mantle thermal dynamics; Seismic tomograpy

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; MANTLE CONVECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2342427049     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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