A hierarchical mesh refinement technique for global 3-D spherical mantle convection modelling

Davies, D. R.; Davies, J. H.; Bollada, P. C.; Hassan, O.; Morgan, K.; Nithiarasu, P.

doi:10.5194/gmd-6-1095-2013

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-1095-2013

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-1095-2013

© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

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, J. H. Davies, P. C. Bollada, O. Hassan, K. Morgan, and P. Nithiarasu

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