Mantle viscosity beneath the Hudson Bay: An inversion based on the metropolis algorithm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Cianetti, S ^a   Giunchi, C ^a   Spada, G ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mantle viscosity; Postglacial rebound; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SIMULATED ANNEALING; VISCOSITY;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY;

EID: 0038741977     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000585     Document Type: Article

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