Prediction of anisotropy from flow models: A comparison of three methods

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Lev, Einat ^a   Hager, Bradford H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Flow models; Mantle dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749090180     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002032     Document Type: Article

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