Regional perturbations in a global background model of glacial isostasy

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 323-335

  Schotman, H H A ^a,c   Wu, P ^b   Vermeersen, L L A ^c  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Finite element modeling; Glacial isostasy; GPS measurements; Halfspace modeling; Rheology of the crust and upper mantle; Satellite gravity

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; FORECASTING; GEODESY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LAPLACE EQUATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY;

FINITE-ELEMENT MODELING; GLACIAL ISOSTASY; GPS MEASUREMENTS; HALFSPACE MODELING; SATELLITE GRAVITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ASTHENOSPHERE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOID; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; HALF SPACE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PERTURBATION; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 47749085746     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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