Glacial rebound of the British Isles - III. Constraints on mantle viscosity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 340-354

  Lambeck, Kurt ^a   Johnston, Paul ^a   Smither, Catherine ^a   Nakada, Masao ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

British Isles; Glacial rebound; Mantle viscosity; Sea level

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; POST GLACIAL REBOUND; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; VISCOSITY;

IRELAND; UK;

EID: 0029754670     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb00003.x     Document Type: Article

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