Modelling postglacial sea levels with power-law rheology and a realistic ice model in the absence of ambient tectonic stress

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 691-702

  Wu, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creep; Finite element methods; Glacial rebound; Rheology; Sea level; Viscoelasticity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

POSTGLACIAL; RHEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033382630     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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