A benchmark study for glacial isostatic adjustment codes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-132

  Spada, G ^a   Barletta, V R ^b   Klemann, V ^c   Riva, R E M ^d   Martinec, Z ^e   Gasperini, P ^f   Lund, B ^g   Wolf, D ^c   Vermeersen, L L A ^d   King, M A ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Dynamics: gravity and tectonics; Mechanics, theory and modelling; Numerical solutions; Rheology: mantle; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; BENCHMARK DATA; BENCHMARK STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; LOVE NUMBERS; MANTLE CONVECTION; NORMAL MODES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RELAXATION SPECTRUM; ROTATIONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL TRENDS; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; SPHERICAL SYMMETRY; SURFACE LOADS; TIME HISTORY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; EARTH (PLANET); ELASTICITY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RHEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS; UNLOADING; VISCOSITY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

GEODETIC NETWORK; NUMERICAL METHOD; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 79952688366     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04952.x     Document Type: Article

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