Surface loading of a viscoelastic planet-III. Aspherical models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 425-441

  Tromp, Jeroen ^a   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacial rebound; Lateral heterogeneity; Mantle viscosity; Normal modes; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL REBOUND; ISOSTASY; MANTLE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034097706     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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