Sensitivity of crustal velocities in Fennoscandia to radial and lateral viscosity variations in the mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 474-485

  Steffen, Holger ^a   Wu, Patrick ^b   Kaufmann, Georg ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

FE modelling; Fennoscandia; Glacial isostasy; Mantle viscosity; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL ISOSTACY; ICE SHEET; MANTLE VISCOSITY; UPLIFT VELOCITY;

COMPRESSIBILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIOISOSTASY; ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ZONE; UPLIFT; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 34247891748     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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