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. 2016 Sep 21;2(9):e1600931. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600931

Table 1. Scale factors between inferred and predicted GIS rates for each basin and adopted viscosity profile.

The LMV is 2 × 1022 Pa·s for all profiles. The asthenosphere thickness is set to 200 km.

Basin Scale factor Viscosity profile No. of RSL data No. of GPS sites
LT (km) AV (1020 Pa·s) UMV (1020 Pa·s)
1 1.04 ± 0.45 60 5 180 10
2 0.97 ± 0.36 60 5 25 6
3A 1.07 ± 0.33 60 5 160 7
3B 1.06 ± 0.20 40 0.1 5 0 2
4 5.10 ± 0.41 60 5 0 10
5 1.96 ± 0.45 60 5 13 3
6 1.14 ± 0.56 60 5 281 9
7A 2.28 ± 0.24 60 5 56 2
7B 3.45 ± 0.35 60 5 1 5
Total 716 54