An isostatically compensated gravity model using spherical layer distributions

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 78, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 418-424

  Tsoulis, D ^a   Stary, Bernd ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geopotential harmonic coefficients; Global digital elevation models; Isostasy; Spherical harmonic analysis

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEODESY; GRAVITY FIELD; ISOSTASY;

EID: 17144376804     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-004-0404-3     Document Type: Article

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