Constraints on shallow low-viscosity zones in Northern Europe from future GOCE gravity data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-84

  Schotman, H H A ^a,b   Vermeersen, L L A ^b   Wu, P ^c   Drury, M R ^d   de Bresser, J H P ^d  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creep and deformation; Europe; Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Rheology: Crust and lithosphere; Rheology: Mantle; Satellite geodesy

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODESY; GEOID; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650187818     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04160.x     Document Type: Article

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