Polar wander, sea-level variations and ice age cycles

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 415-440

  Vermeersen, L L A ^a,b   Sabadini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ice ages; Polar wander; Sea level; Solid earth viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; POLAR WANDERING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0033502984     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006691724099     Document Type: Article

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