A geophysical interpretation of the secular displacement and gravity rates observed at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard in the Arctic - Effects of post-glacial rebound and present-day ice melting

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 729-743

  Sato, Tadahiro ^a   Okuno, Jun'ichi ^b,h   Hinderer, Jacques ^c   MacMillan, Daniel S ^d   Plag, Hans Peter ^e,i,j   Francis, Olivier ^f,j   Falk, Reinhard ^g   Fukuda, Yoichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e Norwegian Mapping Authority   (Norway)

^f European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology and The Luxembourg National Museum of Natural History   (Luxembourg)

^g Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie ^*  (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

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Author keywords

Geodetic observations; Ny lesund; Post glacial rebound; Present dayice melting; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GLACIAL REBOUND; GPS; GRAVITY FIELD; ICE MECHANICS; MELTING; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SECULAR VARIATION; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33745938400     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02992.x     Document Type: Article

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