Glacial isostatic adjustment and sea level change near Berkner Island, Antarctica

• Other Authors: Sasgen, Ingo
• Language: English
• Published: Geoforschungszentrum 2007
• Subjects: Isostasie; Meeresspiegelschwankung; 550; 16,13; ggo geo; Berkner Island; Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis; Vatnajökull; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice cap; Iceland; Schelfeis*
• Online Access: http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/serien/tm-v/STR/0705.pdf; http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/bib/pub/str0705/0705.pdf; http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=984675337; http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b103-07059

The glacial-isostatic adjustment in Iceland resulting from the recent melting of the Vatnajökull ice cap is controlled by the viscosity distribution in the earth's interior and by the details of the melting history. Interpretations of the results of GPS and gravity measuring campaigns in the ti...