Constraining Glacial Isostatic Adjustment with Horizontal GPS Velocities in Antarctica

• Main Author: Hermans, Tim (author)
• Other Authors: van der Wal, W. (mentor), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Glacial Isostatic Adjustment; GPS; Horizontal; Antarctica; FEM; 3D; Viscosity; Ross Sea Embayment; Anet; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:29f2aaca-239b-47c5-8323-4d1ed22fd11c

Glacial isostatic adjustment is the viscoelastic response of the Earth to ice and ocean loads. In forward models of glacial isostatic adjustment, mantle viscosity is often assumed to be laterally homogeneous. However, a lateral transition in shear wave velocities suggests a sharp transition in visco...