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A space geodetic target for mantle viscosity discrimination: Horizontal motions induced by glacial isostatic adjustment
Author(s) -
Peltier W. R.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/98gl00182
Subject(s) - post glacial rebound , geology , geodetic datum , mantle (geology) , geodesy , geophysics , glacial period , geomorphology
A model of mantle viscosity recently obtained on the basis of the inversion of glacial isostatic adjustment data is herein shown to predict a highly characteristic signature in tangential motion due to this cause.