An Overview

Treatise on Geophysics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-48

  Watts, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Earthquake loading; Flexure; Glacial isostatic rebound; Gravity anomalies; Isostasy; Landscape evolution; Mantle convection; Rheology

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949094837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00100-0     Document Type: Chapter

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