Icelandic rhythmics: Annual modulation of land elevation and plate spreading by snow load

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Grapenthin, Ronni ^a   Sigmundsson, Freysteinn ^a   Geirsson, Halldór ^b   Árnadóttir, Thóra ^a   Pinel, Virginie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GREEN'S FUNCTION; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PEAK-TO-PEAK SEASONAL DISPLACEMENT; SNOW LOAD;

METEOROLOGY;

DISPLACEMENT; ELASTIC MODULUS; GREEN FUNCTION; ICE CAP; SNOW;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 34147105185     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028081     Document Type: Article

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