Viscosity structure beneath northeast Iceland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 17771-17793

  Pollitz, Fred F ^a   Sacks, I Selwyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST (LOWER); CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GPS; MANTLE (UPPER); VISCOSITY;

ICELAND;

EID: 0030423311     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb01074     Document Type: Article

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