On Maxwell singularities in postglacial rebound

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 492-498

  Boschi, Lapo ^a   Tromp, Jeroen ^a   O'Connell, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial rebound; Mantle viscosity; Normal modes; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0032896527     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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