Seasonal fluctuations in the mass of the Amazon River system and Earth's elastic response

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Bevis, Michael ^a   Alsdorf, Douglas ^a   Kendrick, Eric ^a   Fortes, Luiz Paulo ^b   Forsberg, Bruce ^c   Smalley Jr , Robert ^d   Becker, Janet ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GEODESY; GEOPHYSICS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CRUSTAL OSCILLATION; ELASTIC OSCILLATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DISPLACEMENT; RIVER BASIN; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WATER;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844561500     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023491     Document Type: Article

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