Rapid crustal uplift in Patagonia due to enhanced ice loss

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 22-29

  Dietrich, R ^a   Ivins, E R ^b   Casassa, G ^c   Lange, H ^d   Wendt, J ^c   Fritsche, M ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^d TERRASAT SA   (Chile)

Author keywords

climate change; crustal uplift; glacial isostatic adjustment; GPS geodesy; Little Ice Age; Southern Patagonia Icefield

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL UPLIFT; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; LITTLE ICE AGE; PATAGONIA; SOUTHERN PATAGONIA ICEFIELD;

GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ICE; INTERCHANGES; SURVEYING; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; ICE FIELD; LITTLE ICE AGE; TECTONICS; UPLIFT; VISCOSITY;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 72949093564     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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