The onset of Pleistocene glaciation in the Barents Sea: Implications for glacial isostatic adjustment

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-292

  Kaufmann, Georg ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barents Sea ice sheet; Glacial rebound; Gravity anomalies; Isostasy; Sea level; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; ISOSTATIC SEA LEVEL; PLEISTOCENE;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0031284601     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01222.x     Document Type: Article

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