Abstract

SOME time ago I published an estimate of the mean viscosity of the earth's silicate mantle on the basis of the rate of post-Glacial uplift of the Fennoscandian region1. It has been suggested recently2 that if that estimate is correct, areas of large negative gravity anomalies, such as that in the Gangetic trough in India, should be rising at an observable rate. It is the purpose of this communication to examine this question briefly.

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