Geological causes of recent (~100 yr) vertical land movement in the Netherlands

Tectonophysics

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 297-316

  Kooi, Henk ^a   Johnston, Paul ^b   Lambeck, Kurt ^b   Smither, Catherine ^b   Ronald Molendijk, ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compaction; Isostasy; Levelling; Netherlands; Tectonics; Vertical movements

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; ISOSTASY; NEOTECTONICS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0032583357     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00209-1     Document Type: Article

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