Elastic and Viscoelastic Response of the Lithosphere to Surface Loading

V. Klemann (), M. Thomas and H. Schuh ()
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V. Klemann: Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Geodesy and Remote Sensing
M. Thomas: Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Geodesy and Remote Sensing
H. Schuh: TU Berlin

A chapter in Handbook of Geomathematics, 2015, pp 661-677 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter presents the main rheological features of the lithosphere and of the upper mantle with respect to deformations of the solid Earth in response to time-varying surface loading. Rheological aspects as numerical modeling are discussed in view of the general strategies applied in geophysics, which are perturbations of a self-gravitating, non-rotating, linearly viscoelastic, isostatically pre-stressed Earth (SNRVEI) in a spherical geometry. Based on this model, limits of present modeling and future directions are discussed.

Keywords: Diffusion Creep; Tectonic Stress Field; Glacial Isostatic Adjustment; Viscous Behavior; Laplace Domain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54551-1_90

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