Small-scale convection in the upper mantle beneath the Chinese Tian Shan Mountains

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 179-190

  Liu, Jie ^a   Liu, Qi Yuan ^a   Guo, Biao ^a   Yuen, David A ^b   Song, Hui Zhen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Marker in cell method; Mountain building; Tian Shan; Upper mantle convection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; LANDFORMS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

P-WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

CENOZOIC; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 34547869209     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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