Tectonic velocities, dynamic topography, and relative sea level

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Husson, Laurent ^a,b   Conrad, Clinton P ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; TECTONIC VELOCITIES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER THEORY; MANTLE VISCOSITY; SEA FLOOR; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SHORT TERM;

EARTHQUAKES; SEA LEVEL;

GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE PROCESS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBMARINE RIDGE; TECTONIC ROTATION;

EID: 38549128697     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026834     Document Type: Article

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