Articles | Volume 17, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5263-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5263-2024
Development and technical paper
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10 Jul 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 10 Jul 2024

FastIsostasy v1.0 – a regional, accelerated 2D glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) model accounting for the lateral variability of the solid Earth

Jan Swierczek-Jereczek, Marisa Montoya, Konstantin Latychev, Alexander Robinson, Jorge Alvarez-Solas, and Jerry Mitrovica

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