Geodetic measurements of vertical crustal velocity in West Antarctica and the implications for ice mass balance

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Bevis, Michael ^a   Kendrick, Eric ^a   Smalley Jr , Robert ^b   Dalziel, Ian ^c   Caccamise, Dana ^a   Sasgen, Ingo ^d   Helsen, Michiel ^e   Taylor, F W ^c   Zhou, Hao ^a   Brown, Abel ^a   Raleigh, David ^a   Willis, Michael ^a   Wilson, Terry ^a   Konfal, Stephanie ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geodesy; Geodynamics; GPS; GRACE; Ice mass balance; Postglacial rebound

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049090391     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002642     Document Type: Article

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