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Development and technical paper
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31 Jul 2013
Development and technical paper |
| 31 Jul 2013
A hierarchical mesh refinement technique for global 3-D spherical mantle convection modelling
D. R. Davies
Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
J. H. Davies
Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
P. C. Bollada
Institute for Materials Research, Faculty of Engineering, Leeds University, Leeds, UK
O. Hassan
Civil and Computational Engineering Centre, School of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
K. Morgan
Civil and Computational Engineering Centre, School of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
P. Nithiarasu
Civil and Computational Engineering Centre, School of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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