Postglacial sea-level change on a rotating Earth: First results from a gravitationally self-consistent sea-level equation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Milne, Glenn A ^a   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earth's rotation; Glacial rebound; Sea level

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; GLACIAL REBOUND; PLANETARY ROTATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL VARIATION;

EID: 0030478258     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04691.x     Document Type: Article

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