Dissipation at the core-mantle boundary on a small-scale topography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Le Mouel J L ^a   Narteau, C ^a   Greff Lefftz, M ^a   Holschneider, M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FRICTION; ROUGHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 33744919582     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003846     Document Type: Article

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