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Mantle convection and the state of the Earth's interior
Author(s) -
Hager Bradford H.,
Gurnis Michael
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg025i006p01277
Subject(s) - mantle convection , geology , convection , mantle (geology) , geophysics , mechanics , physics , seismology , lithosphere , tectonics
During 1983–1986, the four year period covered by this review, emphasis in the study of mantle convection shifted away from fluid mechanical analysis of simple systems with uniform material properties and simple geometries, toward analyzing the effects of more complicated, presumably more realistic models.