Post-glacial rebound of Iceland during the Holocene

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 417-432

  le Breton, E ^a   Dauteuil, O ^a   Biessy, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPLIFT; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VISCOSITY; WEICHSELIAN;

ICELAND;

EID: 77649194636     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-126     Document Type: Article

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