Lithosphere thickness and mantle viscosity inverted from GPS-derived deformation rates in Fennoscandia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 278-292

  Zhao, S ^a   Lambeck, K ^b   Lidberg, M ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Geodesy Department   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Rheology: mantle; Space geodetic surveys; Tectonics and climactic interactions; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DEFORMATION RATES; EARTH MODELS; FENNOSCANDIA; GEOPHYSICAL MODELS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; GPS DATA; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET MODELS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE VISCOSITY; PARAMETER SPACES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; ROBUST ESTIMATE; SPACE GEODETIC SURVEYS; STRESS RELEASE; SURFACE DEFORMATION; THREE-LAYER EARTH; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION; UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO; UPPER MANTLE VISCOSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; GEOPHYSICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ICE; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEODESY; GEODETIC NETWORK; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER MANTLE; PLEISTOCENE; RHEOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

FENNOSCANDIA;

TROPAEOLUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84862238098     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05454.x     Document Type: Article

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