Post-seismic rebound of a spherical Earth: New insights from the application of the Post-Widder inversion formula

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 672-695

  Melini, D ^a   Cannelli, V ^a   Piersanti, A ^a   Spada, G ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Numerical solutions; Rheology: mantle; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; OPTIMIZATION; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; RHEOLOGY; SPHERE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 48349085961     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03847.x     Document Type: Article

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