Influence of glacial isostatic adjustment upon current sea level variations in the Mediterranean

Tectonophysics

Volumn 474, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 56-68

  Stocchi, P ^a   Spada, G ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

glacial isostatic adjustment; Mediterranean; sea level variations

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; CURRENT RATE; DEGLACIATIONS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; ICE SHEET; ISOSTATIC EFFECTS; LOADING EFFECTS; LOCAL SCALE; LONG WAVELENGTH; MANTLE RHEOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN; MELT WATER; PARAMETER SPACES; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SOLID EARTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TIDE GAUGES; TIMESERIES; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

CONTROL THEORY; ELASTICITY; GLACIERS; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; GEOID; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; ICE SHEET; MANTLE PROCESS; PARAMETERIZATION; PLEISTOCENE; RHEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIDE GAUGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 68849121165     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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