Sea-level fluctuations due to subduction: The role of mantle rheology

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1587-1590

  Piromallo, C ^a   Spada, G ^b   Sabadini, R ^c,e   Ricard, Y ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e Sezione Geofisica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VISCOELASTICITY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

MANTLE; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOPHYSICS; SEA LEVEL;

EARTH MANTLE; MANTLE; RHEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SUBDUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; MANTLE RHEOLOGY; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; RHEOLOGICAL LAYERING; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES;

EID: 0031180062     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01561     Document Type: Article

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