A benchmark study on mantle convection in a 3-D spherical shell using CitcomS

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Zhong, Shijie ^a   McNamara, Allen ^b   Tan, Eh ^c   Moresi, Louis ^d   Gurnis, Michael ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Mantle convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350654855     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002048     Document Type: Article

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