Estimating Te in the presence of internal loads

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  McKenzie, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admittance; Continents; Gravity; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; GEODESY; GRAVITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOADING; RHEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0346268886     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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