Constraining mantle flow with seismic and geodynamic data: A joint approach

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 109-124

  Simmons, Nathan A ^a   Forte, Alessandro M ^b   Grand, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

flow boundaries; joint modeling; mantle convection; seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

FLOW BOUNDARIES; GEODYNAMIC DATA; JOINT MODELING; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE FLOW; SEISMIC IMAGING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT CONVECTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EARTH (PLANET);

GEODYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; MANTLE CONVECTION; MODELING; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646925385     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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