Response of normal faults to glacial-interglacial fluctuations of ice and water masses on Earth's surface

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Hampel, Andrea ^a,b   Hetzel, Ralf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; ICE; LITHOSPHERE; NORMAL FAULT; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; WATER MASS;

EID: 33750503580     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004124     Document Type: Article

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