Note on estimates of the glacial-isostatic decay spectrum for Fennoscandia

For more than 30 years, Sauramo's (1958) shoreline diagram of the Fennoscandian uplift has been used in geophysical studies for estimates of the glacial-isostatic decay spectrum in order to infer from it the viscosity stratification in the Earth's mantle below Fennoscandia. The intent of t...

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Published in:Geophysical Journal International
Main Author: Wolf, Detlef
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1996
Subjects:
Research Note
Fennoscandia
Fennoscandian
Online Access:http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/127/3/801
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04059.x
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Summary:For more than 30 years, Sauramo's (1958) shoreline diagram of the Fennoscandian uplift has been used in geophysical studies for estimates of the glacial-isostatic decay spectrum in order to infer from it the viscosity stratification in the Earth's mantle below Fennoscandia. The intent of the present note is to point out that more recent geological studies suggest that Sauramo's shoreline diagram is an incorrect representation of the Fennoscandian uplift. Geophysical interpretations based on the diagram may therefore require revision.

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