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Modification of the Runcorn's equations on convection flows

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Runcorn's equations, which can be used to compute the stresses caused by convection flows from the outer gravity field, were transformed so that gravity anomalies or geoid heights can be employed as input data.

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  1. Geophysical Institute, Czechosl. Acad. Sci., Prague

    Miloš Pick & Ivanka Charvátová-Jakubcová

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Pick, M., Charvátová-Jakubcová, I. Modification of the Runcorn's equations on convection flows. Stud Geophys Geod 32, 47–53 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01629000

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