Mantle convection and the state of the Earth's interior
Abstract
During 1983 to 1986 emphasis in the study of mantle convection shifted away from fluid mechanical analysis of simple systems with uniform material properties and simple geometries, toward analysis of the effects of more complicated, presumably more realistic models. The important processes related to mantle convection are considered. The developments in seismology are discussed.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987mcse.rept.....H
- Keywords:
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- Convection;
- Earth Mantle;
- Geoids;
- Seismology;
- Stratification;
- Thermal Boundary Layer;
- Tomography;
- Viscosity;
- Geophysics