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Research Directions

Since these early studies, research has focused on achieving greater realism in the numerical models, exploring more complicated and realistic physics and more realistic geometries, and developing stronger links with various observational constraints. The important focuses of attention in and points arising from these studies are discussed below.





U.S. National Report to IUGG, 1991-1994
Rev. Geophys. Vol. 33 Suppl., © 1995 American Geophysical Union