Postglacial relative sea‐level observations from Ireland and their role in glacial rebound modelling
Abstract The British Isles have been the focus of a number of recent modelling studies owing to the existence of a high‐quality sea‐level dataset for this region and the suitability of these data for constraining shallow earth viscosity structure, local to regional ice sheet histories and the magnit...
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crwiley:10.1002/jqs.1119 2024-09-30T14:36:35+00:00 Postglacial relative sea‐level observations from Ireland and their role in glacial rebound modelling Brooks, Anthony J. Bradley, Sarah L. Edwards, Robin J. Milne, Glenn A. Horton, Ben Shennan, Ian 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1119 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.1119 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.1119 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Quaternary Science volume 23, issue 2, page 175-192 ISSN 0267-8179 1099-1417 journal-article 2007 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1119 2024-09-17T04:51:27Z Abstract The British Isles have been the focus of a number of recent modelling studies owing to the existence of a high‐quality sea‐level dataset for this region and the suitability of these data for constraining shallow earth viscosity structure, local to regional ice sheet histories and the magnitude/timing of global meltwater signals. Until recently, the paucity of both glaciological and relative sea‐level (RSL) data from Ireland has meant that the majority of these glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) modelling studies of the British Isles region have tended to concentrate on reconstructing ice cover over Britain. However, the recent development of a sea‐level database for Ireland along with emergence of new glaciological data on the spatial extent, thickness and deglacial chronology of the Irish Ice Sheet means it is now possible to revisit this region of the British Isles. Here, we employ these new data to constrain the evolution of the Irish Ice Sheet. We find that in order to reconcile differences between model predictions and RSL evidence, a thick, spatially extensive ice sheet of ∼600–700 m over much of north and central Ireland is required at the LGM with very rapid deglaciation after 21 k cal. yr BP. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Wiley Online Library Journal of Quaternary Science 23 2 175 192 |
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Abstract The British Isles have been the focus of a number of recent modelling studies owing to the existence of a high‐quality sea‐level dataset for this region and the suitability of these data for constraining shallow earth viscosity structure, local to regional ice sheet histories and the magnitude/timing of global meltwater signals. Until recently, the paucity of both glaciological and relative sea‐level (RSL) data from Ireland has meant that the majority of these glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) modelling studies of the British Isles region have tended to concentrate on reconstructing ice cover over Britain. However, the recent development of a sea‐level database for Ireland along with emergence of new glaciological data on the spatial extent, thickness and deglacial chronology of the Irish Ice Sheet means it is now possible to revisit this region of the British Isles. Here, we employ these new data to constrain the evolution of the Irish Ice Sheet. We find that in order to reconcile differences between model predictions and RSL evidence, a thick, spatially extensive ice sheet of ∼600–700 m over much of north and central Ireland is required at the LGM with very rapid deglaciation after 21 k cal. yr BP. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Brooks, Anthony J. Bradley, Sarah L. Edwards, Robin J. Milne, Glenn A. Horton, Ben Shennan, Ian Postglacial relative sea‐level observations from Ireland and their role in glacial rebound modelling |
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Brooks, Anthony J. Bradley, Sarah L. Edwards, Robin J. Milne, Glenn A. Horton, Ben Shennan, Ian |
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Postglacial relative sea‐level observations from Ireland and their role in glacial rebound modelling |
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Postglacial relative sea‐level observations from Ireland and their role in glacial rebound modelling |
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Postglacial relative sea‐level observations from Ireland and their role in glacial rebound modelling |
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Postglacial relative sea‐level observations from Ireland and their role in glacial rebound modelling |
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Postglacial relative sea‐level observations from Ireland and their role in glacial rebound modelling |
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