Long-wavelength topographic relaxation for self-gravitating planets and implications for the time-dependent compensation of surface topography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E2, 2000, Pages 4153-4164

  Zhong, Shijie ^a   Zuber, Maria T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLANETARY SURFACE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033776774     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001075     Document Type: Article

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