High-harmonic geoid signatures related to glacial isostatic adjustment and their detectability by GOCE

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 174-181

  Vermeersen, L L A ^a   Schotman, H H A ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crustal movements and deformation; Crustal rheology; Geoid and gravity anomalies; Glacial isostatic adjustment; GOCE; Pleistocene ice sheets; Satellite gravity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GEODESY; GEOID; GRAVITY ANOMALY; ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 50549097943     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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