The case for dynamic subsidence of the U.S. east coast since the Eocene

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Spasojević, Sonja ^a   Liu, Lijun ^a   Gurnis, Michael ^a   Müller, R Dietmar ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LANDFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS;

ADJOINT MODELS; AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; COASTAL PLAINS; EAST COAST; EUSTASY; GLOBAL ESTIMATES; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL (GSL); LAND SUBSIDENCE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MIOCENE; NEW JERSEY; PALEOSHORELINES; PLATE MOTIONS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

SUBSIDENCE;

ELEVATION; EOCENE; EUSTACY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MIOCENE; MODELING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLATE MOTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHORELINE; SUBSIDENCE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249147476     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033511     Document Type: Article

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