Relating viscosities from postseismic relaxation to a realistic viscosity structure for the lithosphere

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 614-624

  Riva, Riccardo E M ^a   Govers, Rob ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creep and deformation; Crustal structure; Rheology: Crust and lithosphere; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

CREEP; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 58549102135     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04004.x     Document Type: Article

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