The Antarctica component of postglacial rebound model ICE-6G_C (VM5a) based on GPS positioning, exposure age dating of ice thicknesses, and relative sea level histories

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 537-563

  Argus, Donald F ^a   Peltier, W R ^b   Drummond, R ^b   Moore, Angelyn W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Glaciology; Global change from geodesy; Satellite geodesy

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; UNLOADING; VISCOSITY;

ANTARCTICA; DYNAMICS OF LITHOSPHERE AND MANTLES; GLACIOLOGY; GLOBAL CHANGE FROM GEODESIES; SATELLITE GEODESY;

ICE;

EID: 84905924704     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu140     Document Type: Article

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