The influence of dynamically supported topography on estimates of Te

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 127-138

  McKenzie, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastic thickness; Mantle convection; Postglacial uplift

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER GRAVITY ANOMALIES; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; ELASTIC FORCE; ELASTIC THICKNESS; LONG WAVELENGTH; MANTLE CONVECTION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SPECTRAL DOMAINS;

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MANTLE CONVECTION; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 77953022373     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.033     Document Type: Article

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