A review of observations and models of dynamic topography

Lithosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-210

  Flament, Nicolas ^a   Gurnis, Michael ^b   Dietmar Muller R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEFORMATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE;

DENSITY STRUCTURES; DYNAMIC SUBSIDENCES; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; ISOSTATIC EFFECTS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PEAK TO PEAK AMPLITUDES; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION;

TOPOGRAPHY;

AMPLITUDE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ISOSTASY; LITERATURE REVIEW; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVELENGTH;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84877261001     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L245.1     Document Type: Article

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