A new glacial isostatic adjustment model for Antarctica: Calibrated and tested using observations of relative sea-level change and present-day uplift rates

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1464-1482

  Whitehouse, Pippa L ^a   Bentley, Michael J ^a   Milne, Glenn A ^b   King, Matt A ^c   Thomas, Ian D ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Rheology: mantle; Satellite geodesy; Sea level change; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; DEGLACIATIONS; EARTH MODELS; EARTH STRUCTURES; ERROR BARS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT MODELS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; ICE-SHEET MODELS; LATE HOLOCENE; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; LOADING HISTORY; LOWER MANTLE; MODEL PREDICTION; ON CURRENTS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SATELLITE GEODESY; SEALEVEL CHANGE; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION; UPLIFT RATE; UPPER MANTLE VISCOSITY; WEIGHTED MEAN;

FORECASTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LOADING; SEA LEVEL;

ICE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DEFORMATION; DEGLACIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODESY; GLACIOISOSTASY; ICE SHEET; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UPLIFT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84865281790     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05557.x     Document Type: Article

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