Postglacial rebound and fault instability in Fennoscandia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 657-670

  Patrick, Wu ^b   Johnston, Paul ^a   Lambeck, Kurt ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Faulting; Postglacial rebound; Seismicity; Stress

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SEISMICITY; STRESS; TECTONICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0343502694     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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