Note on estimates of the glacial-isostatic decay spectrum for Fennoscandia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 801-805

  Wolf, Detlef ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fennoscandia; Glacial rebound; Isostasy; Mantle viscosity; Sea level

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL REBOUND; ISOSTASY; MANTLE; SEA LEVEL; SHORELINE EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; VISCOSITY;

EUROPE, FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 0030435441     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04059.x     Document Type: Article

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