Modelling of mantle postglacial relaxation in axisymmetric geometry with a composite rheology and a glacial load interpolated by adjusted spherical harmonics analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1301-1314

  Dal Forno, G ^a   Gasperini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; Glacial rebound; Mantle rheology; Spherical harmonics; Statistical methods; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIOLOGY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; RHEOLOGY; UPLIFT;

CANADA; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 34250155682     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03347.x     Document Type: Article

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