Glacial isostatic adjustment and the radial viscosity profile from inverse modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Kaufmann, Georg ^a   Lambeck, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glacial isostatic adjustment; Inverse modeling; Radial viscosity profile

Indexed keywords

GLACIOISOSTASY; ISOSTASY; MANTLE; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0038556686     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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