Implications of a non-adiabatic density gradient for the Earth's viscoelastic response to surface loading

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 663-674

  Nakada, M ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Maxwell viscoelasticity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; ICE SHEET; LOADING; PLEISTOCENE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0032861998     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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