Global and local isostatic coherence from the wavelet transform

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Kirby, J F ^a   Swain, C J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

1236 Geodesy and gravity: Rheology of the lithosphere and mantle (8160); 8110 Tectonophysics: Continental tectonics General (0905); 8159 Tectonophysics: Rheology Crust and lithosphere

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELASTICITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GRAVITATION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ISOSTATIC COHERENCE; MORLET WAVELETS; WAVELET COEFFICIENTS;

WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ELASTICITY; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 14544276368     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021569     Document Type: Article

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