Some remarks about the degree-one deformation of the Earth

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 699-723

  Greff Lefftz, Marianne ^a,b   Legros, Hilaire ^a  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b Dept de Géomagnetisme ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Deformation; Elasticity; Relaxation modes; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; RELAXATION MODE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0031404302     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb06607.x     Document Type: Article

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