Near-field hydro-isostasy: the implementation of a revised sea-level equation
We describe how the existing sea-level equation incorrectly predicts the change in sea level (and thus the ocean load) in ice-covered, subgeoidal geographic regions during periods of deglaciation. We go on to present a new sea-level equation that overcomes this problem and we describe how this equat...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:gji:139/2/464 2023-05-15T16:41:36+02:00 Near-field hydro-isostasy: the implementation of a revised sea-level equation Milne, Glenn A. Mitrovica, Jerry X. Davis, James L. 1999-11-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/139/2/464 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00971.x en eng Oxford University Press http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/139/2/464 http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00971.x Copyright (C) 1999, Oxford University Press Articles TEXT 1999 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00971.x 2015-02-28T21:23:33Z We describe how the existing sea-level equation incorrectly predicts the change in sea level (and thus the ocean load) in ice-covered, subgeoidal geographic regions during periods of deglaciation. We go on to present a new sea-level equation that overcomes this problem and we describe how this equation can be solved in a gravitationally self- consistent manner by employing a well-known spectral technique. Application of the new theory to predict relative sea-level (rsl) histories and present-day, 3-D, solid surface deformation rates in northeastern Canada (based on a single earth model characterized by a lithospheric thickness of 100 km and upper and lower mantle viscosities of 5×1020 and 5×1021 Pa s, respectively) demonstrates that a significant error is introduced when the original theory is employed to predict the oceanic component of the surface load. Predictions of rsl curves show a discrepancy of ∼40 per cent at sites where data have been obtained and employed to constrain models of earth viscosity structure and ice- sheet histories. This error will significantly bias estimates of mantle viscosity structure and ice thicknesses that are based on the original theory. In addition, predictions of 3-D deformation rates di?er by up to 25 per cent in some regions and so future applications that employ these data to constrain models of the glacial isostatic adjustment process should adopt the improved sea-level theory. In contrast, estimates of inverse decay times from the predicted rsl curves are insensitive (to within the observational error) to the improvement in the surface load introduced by the new theory. Thus, viscosity structure inferences based on this parametrization and the original sea-level equation are una?ected by the error in the ocean load. Finally, the new theory predicts a eustatic (i.e. globally uniform) rise in sea level over the postglacial period that is ∼11 m lower than that determined via the original theory. Therefore, estimates of the global ice budget at the last glacial maximum based ... Text Ice Sheet HighWire Press (Stanford University) Canada Geophysical Journal International 139 2 464 482 |
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We describe how the existing sea-level equation incorrectly predicts the change in sea level (and thus the ocean load) in ice-covered, subgeoidal geographic regions during periods of deglaciation. We go on to present a new sea-level equation that overcomes this problem and we describe how this equation can be solved in a gravitationally self- consistent manner by employing a well-known spectral technique. Application of the new theory to predict relative sea-level (rsl) histories and present-day, 3-D, solid surface deformation rates in northeastern Canada (based on a single earth model characterized by a lithospheric thickness of 100 km and upper and lower mantle viscosities of 5×1020 and 5×1021 Pa s, respectively) demonstrates that a significant error is introduced when the original theory is employed to predict the oceanic component of the surface load. Predictions of rsl curves show a discrepancy of ∼40 per cent at sites where data have been obtained and employed to constrain models of earth viscosity structure and ice- sheet histories. This error will significantly bias estimates of mantle viscosity structure and ice thicknesses that are based on the original theory. In addition, predictions of 3-D deformation rates di?er by up to 25 per cent in some regions and so future applications that employ these data to constrain models of the glacial isostatic adjustment process should adopt the improved sea-level theory. In contrast, estimates of inverse decay times from the predicted rsl curves are insensitive (to within the observational error) to the improvement in the surface load introduced by the new theory. Thus, viscosity structure inferences based on this parametrization and the original sea-level equation are una?ected by the error in the ocean load. Finally, the new theory predicts a eustatic (i.e. globally uniform) rise in sea level over the postglacial period that is ∼11 m lower than that determined via the original theory. Therefore, estimates of the global ice budget at the last glacial maximum based ... |
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