Glacio-isostatic deformation around the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland, induced by recent climate warming: GPS observations and finite element modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Pagli, Carolina ^a,b   Sigmundsson, Freysteinn ^a   Lund, Björn ^c   Sturkell, Erik ^a   Geirsson, Halldór ^d   Einarsson, Páll ^e   Árnadóttir, Thóra ^a   Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIER; GLACIOISOSTASY; GLOBAL WARMING; GPS; ICE CAP; UPLIFT; VISCOSITY;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 35348872594     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004421     Document Type: Article

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