Effects of lateral variations in lithospheric thickness and mantle viscosity on glacially induced relative sea levels and long wavelength gravity field in a spherical, self-gravitating Maxwell Earth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 368-383

  Wang, Hansheng ^a   Wu, Patrick ^b  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

finite element analysis; glacial rebound; lateral heterogeneity; mantle dynamics; sea level

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL REBOUND; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; MANTLE VISCOSITY; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITY WAVES; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL REBOUND; GRAVITY FIELD; MANTLE PROCESS; MELTING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749047849     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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