Inverting the Fennoscandian relaxation-time spectrum in terms of an axisymmetric viscosity distribution with a lithospheric root

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-163

  Martinec, Zdeněk ^a   Wolf, Detlef ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fennoscandia; Glacial isostatic adjustment; Lateral heterogeneity; Lithospheric root; Mantle viscosity

Indexed keywords

ISOSTASY; MANTLE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA; WORLD;

EID: 11944252442     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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