Convergent flow in a two-layer system and mountain building

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Perazzo, Carlos Alberto ^a   Gratton, Julio ^b  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LANDFORMS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

BASAL TRACTIONS; MOUNTAIN BELTS; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; SELF-SIMILAR SOLUTION; TRANSVERSAL PROFILES; TWO-LAYER SYSTEMS; UPPER MANTLE;

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 77955634799     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3431740     Document Type: Article

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