Validation of the Coupled-Laplace-Finite-Element method for the loading problem of a laterally heterogeneous spherical Earth

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1657-1664

  Wang, Han Sheng ^a   Wu, Patrick ^b   Schotman, Hugo ^c,d   Wang, Zhi Yong ^a,e  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

3 D finite element; Heterogeneity; Loading; Post glacial rebound

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOID; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 34047184967     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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