Predictions of Antarctic crustal motions driven by present-day ice sheet evolution and by isostatic memory of the Last Glacial Maximum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 4993-5017

  James, Thomas S ^a   Ivins, Erik R ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000975151     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03539     Document Type: Article

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