Anomalous secular sea-level acceleration in the Baltic Sea caused by isostatic adjustment

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Spada, Giorgio ^a   Olivieri, Marco ^b   Galassi, Gaia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL REBOUND; HOLOCENE; ISOSTASY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84932110439     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-6548     Document Type: Article

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