On post-glacial sea level: I. General theory

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-267

  Mitrovica, Jerry X ^a   Milne, Glenn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacial isostasy; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; GLACIOISOSTASY; HOLOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 0042624822     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01942.x     Document Type: Article

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