On the resolution of radial viscosity structure in modelling long-wavelength postglacial rebound data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1516-1526

  Paulson, Archie ^a   Richards, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical solutions; Rheology: mantle

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE TECTONICS; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UPPER MANTLE;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70450207522     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04362.x     Document Type: Article

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