Reevaluation of the viscoelastic and elastic responses to the past and present-day ice changes in Southeast Alaska

Tectonophysics

Volumn 511, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 79-88

  Sato, Tadahiro ^a   Larsen, Christopher F ^b   Miura, Satoshi ^a   Ohta, Yusasku ^a   Fujimoto, Hiromi ^a   Sun, Wenke ^c,e   Motyka, Roman J ^d   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Glacial Isostatic Adjustment; Little Ice Age; Present day ice melting; Regional scale; Southeast Alaska

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; LITTLE ICE AGE; PRESENT-DAY ICE MELTING; REGIONAL SCALE; SOUTHEAST ALASKA;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PHASE TRANSITIONS; UNLOADING; VISCOSITY;

ICE;

ASTHENOSPHERE; DATA SET; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MELTING; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; UPLIFT; VISCOELASTICITY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82655169402     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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