SELEN: A Fortran 90 program for solving the "sea-level equation"

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 538-562

  Spada, G ^a   Stocchi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fortran 90; Mantle viscosity; Sea level changes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); GEOPHYSICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; MELTING;

GEOPHYSICAL PROCESS; MANTLE VISCOSITY; SEA-LEVEL EQUATION;

SEA LEVEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); GEOPHYSICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; MELTING; SEA LEVEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MANTLE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOFTWARE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33947185718     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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