Glacial isostatic adjustment of Scandinavia and northwestern Europe and the radial viscosity structure of the Earth's mantle

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 801-812

  Steffen, Holger ^a   Kaufmann, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; BIFROST; Glacial isostatic adjustment; Inverse problem; Mantle viscosity; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; GLACIAL LANDFORM; ISOSTASY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST ICE SHEET; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEA LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORTHWEST EUROPEAN SHELF; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33645874930     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02740.x     Document Type: Article

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