Inferring surface heat flux distributions guided by a global seismic model: Particular application to Antarctica

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 213-224

  Shapiro, Nikolai M ^a   Ritzwoller, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Ice sheets; Seismic tomographic model; Structural similarity

Indexed keywords

CRUST; HEAT FLOW; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 2942687262     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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