Glacial isostatic adjustment and Earth rotation: Refined constraints on the viscosity of the deepest mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 3269-3290

  Peltier, W R ^a   Jiang, Xianhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOSTASY; MANTLE (LOWER); PLANETARY ROTATION; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029772204     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb01963     Document Type: Article

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