Constraints on Seismic Models from Other Disciplines - Constraints on 3-D Seismic Models from Global Geodynamic Observables: Implications for the Global Mantle Convective Flow

Treatise on Geophysics: Second Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 853-907

  Forte, A M ^a   Simmons, N A ^b   Grand, S P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic topography; Free air gravity anomalies; Geodynamics; Joint inversions; Mantle convection; Mantle plumes; Mantle viscosity; Plate motions; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043253499     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53802-4.00028-2     Document Type: Chapter

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