Land uplift near Vatnajökull, Iceland, as observed by GPS in 1992 1996 and 1999

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 943-948

  Sjöberg, Lars E ^a   Pan, Ming ^a   Erlingsson, Sigurdur ^b   Asenjo, Erick ^a   Arnason, Kolbeinn ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; GPS; Iceland; Lithosphere; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GPS; ICE CAP; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL; WORLD;

EID: 10644276217     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02353.x     Document Type: Article

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