Shallow upper mantle rheology and secular ice sheets fluctuations

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: SPADA, GIORGIO, COLLEONI F, RUGGIERI G.
• Other Authors: Spada, Giorgio, Colleoni, F, Ruggieri, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: [e-mail], INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: [phone] 2011
• Subjects: Glacial isostasy; Glaciers and ice sheet; Generalized Maxwell rheology; Laplace; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11576/2502440; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2009.12.020; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195109007082

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