Absolute gravity calibration of GPS velocities and glacial isostatic adjustment in mid-continent North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Mazzotti, S ^a,b,c   Lambert, A ^a   Henton, J ^d   James, T S ^a,b   Courtier, N ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEODYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRAVITATION; TIME SERIES; VELOCITY;

ABSOLUTE GRAVITY; CENTER OF MASS; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; ITRF2000; ITRF2005; MODEL PREDICTION; REFERENCE FRAME; SEA LEVEL RISE; TIME-SCALES; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CALIBRATION; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIME SERIES; UPLIFT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84855293824     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049846     Document Type: Article

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