A reanalysis and reinterpretation of geodetic and geological evidence of glacial-isostatic adjustment in the Churchill region, Hudson Bay

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-61

  Wolf, Detlef ^a,b   Klemann, Volker ^a   Wünsch, Johann ^a   Zhang, Fei Peng ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absolute gravimetry; Glacial isostatic adjustment; GPS; Hudson Bay linear trend analysis; Mantle viscosity; Sea level indicator; Tide gauge; Wavelet transform analysis

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES; VISCOSITY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

GLACIAL-ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; LINEAR-TREND ANALYSIS DIAGRAM; LONGER TIME SERIES; MANTLE VISCOSITY; POST-GLACIAL LAND UPLIFT;

GEOPHYSICS;

GEODESY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL HISTORY; GPS; GRAVIMETRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CANADA; CHURCHILL; HUDSON BAY; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33744498069     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-005-0641-x     Document Type: Review

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