BIFROST project: 3-D crustal deformation rates derived from GPS confirm postglacial rebound in Fennoscandia

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 703-708

  Scherneck, Hans Georg ^a   Johansson, Jan M ^a   Vermeer, Martin ^b   Davis, James L ^c   Milne, Glenn A ^d   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^e  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GPS; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA; WORLD;

EID: 0037626688     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352398     Document Type: Article

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