State-of-the-art in studies of glacial isostatic adjustment for the British Isles: a literature review
ABSTRACT Understanding the effects of glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) of the British Isles is essential for the assessment of past and future sea-level trends. GIA has been extensively examined in the literature, employing different research methods and observational data types. Geological eviden...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s1755691016000074 2024-03-17T08:58:27+00:00 State-of-the-art in studies of glacial isostatic adjustment for the British Isles: a literature review Stockamp, Julia Bishop, Paul Li, Zhenhong Petrie, Elizabeth J Hansom, Jim Rennie, Alistair 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1755691016000074 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1755691016000074 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh volume 106, issue 3, page 145-170 ISSN 1755-6910 1755-6929 General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science journal-article 2015 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755691016000074 2024-02-20T00:03:24Z ABSTRACT Understanding the effects of glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) of the British Isles is essential for the assessment of past and future sea-level trends. GIA has been extensively examined in the literature, employing different research methods and observational data types. Geological evidence from palaeo-shorelines and undisturbed sedimentary deposits has been used to reconstruct long-term relative sea-level change since the Last Glacial Maximum. This information derived from sea-level index points has been employed to inform empirical isobase models of the uplift in Scotland using trend surface and Gaussian trend surface analysis, as well as to calibrate more theory-driven GIA models that rely on Earth mantle rheology and ice sheet history. Furthermore, current short-term rates of GIA-induced crustal motion during the past few decades have been measured using different geodetic techniques, mainly continuous GPS (CGPS) and absolute gravimetry (AG). AG-measurements are generally employed to increase the accuracy of the CGPS estimates. Synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) looks promising as a relatively new technique to measure crustal uplift in the northern parts of Great Britain, where the GIA-induced vertical land deformation has its highest rate. This literature review provides an in-depth comparison and discussion of the development of these different research approaches. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Cambridge University Press Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 106 3 145 170 |
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ABSTRACT Understanding the effects of glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) of the British Isles is essential for the assessment of past and future sea-level trends. GIA has been extensively examined in the literature, employing different research methods and observational data types. Geological evidence from palaeo-shorelines and undisturbed sedimentary deposits has been used to reconstruct long-term relative sea-level change since the Last Glacial Maximum. This information derived from sea-level index points has been employed to inform empirical isobase models of the uplift in Scotland using trend surface and Gaussian trend surface analysis, as well as to calibrate more theory-driven GIA models that rely on Earth mantle rheology and ice sheet history. Furthermore, current short-term rates of GIA-induced crustal motion during the past few decades have been measured using different geodetic techniques, mainly continuous GPS (CGPS) and absolute gravimetry (AG). AG-measurements are generally employed to increase the accuracy of the CGPS estimates. Synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) looks promising as a relatively new technique to measure crustal uplift in the northern parts of Great Britain, where the GIA-induced vertical land deformation has its highest rate. This literature review provides an in-depth comparison and discussion of the development of these different research approaches. |
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State-of-the-art in studies of glacial isostatic adjustment for the British Isles: a literature review |
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State-of-the-art in studies of glacial isostatic adjustment for the British Isles: a literature review |
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State-of-the-art in studies of glacial isostatic adjustment for the British Isles: a literature review |
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