Glacial-isostatic Adjustment and the Viscosity Structure Underlying the Vatnajökull Ice Cap, Iceland

• Published in: Pure and Applied Geophysics
• Main Authors: Fleming, K., Martinec, Z., Wolf, D.
• Other Authors: 1.3 Earth System Modelling, 1.0 Geodesy and Remote Sensing, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: 550 - Earth sciences; Vatnajökull; Fennoscandia; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_235329

We examine the dependence of glacial-isostatic adjustment (GIA) due to changes in the Vatnajökull Ice Cap, Iceland, on the underlying viscosity structure. Iceland offers a unique case study for GIA research, with a thinner elastic lithosphere underlain by a low-viscosity zone or asthenosphere, as op...