Bounds on the time-history and holocene mass budget of Antarctica from sea-level records in SE Tunisia

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1319-1341

  Stocchi, P ^a   Colleoni, F ^b   Spada, Giorgio ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catastrophic rise events; Glacio isostatic adjustment; Holocene sea level changes; Mantle viscosity; South east Tunisia

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIOISOSTASY; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; MANTLE PROCESS; MELTING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 69249222626     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0488-z     Document Type: Article

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