Internal loading of a compressible Earth: Effect of a solid lithosphere

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 303-313

  Defraigne, P ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030783332     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03263-3     Document Type: Article

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