Holocene relative sea-level change, isostatic subsidence and the radial viscosity structure of the mantle of northwest Europe (Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, southern North Sea)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 25-28, 2007, Pages 3249-3275

  Vink, Annemiek ^a   Steffen, Holger ^b   Reinhardt, Lutz ^a   Kaufmann, Georg ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; SEAWATER; VISCOSITY;

DIFFERENTIAL CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; RADIAL VISCOSITY STRUCTURE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MANTLE; MODELING; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VISCOSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37049031703     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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