Optimal locations for GPS measurements in North America and northern Europe for constraining Glacial Isostatic Adjustment

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 653-664

  Wu, Patrick ^a   Steffen, Holger ^a   Wang, Hansheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Europe; Glaciology; North America; Rheology: mantle; Space geodetic surveys

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GEODESY; GLACIOLOGY; GPS; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER MANTLE; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPLIFT; VISCOSITY;

FENNOSCANDIA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 77953114113     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04545.x     Document Type: Article

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