Glacial isostatic uplift of the European Alps
Following the last glacial maximum (LGM), the demise of continental ice sheets induced crustal rebound in tectonically stable regions of North America and Scandinavia that is still ongoing. Unlike the ice sheets, the Alpine ice cap developed in an orogen where the measured uplift is potentially attr...
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ftunitriestiris:oai:arts.units.it:11368/2906093 2023-05-15T16:38:08+02:00 Glacial isostatic uplift of the European Alps Mey, Jürgen Scherler, Dirk Wickert, Andrew D. Egholm, David L. Schildgen, Taylor F. Strecker, Manfred R. TESAURO, MAGDALA Mey, Jürgen Scherler, Dirk Wickert, Andrew D. Egholm, David L. Tesauro, Magdala Schildgen, Taylor F. Strecker, Manfred R. 2016 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2906093 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13382 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13382 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/27830704 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000387509500001 volume:7/2016 firstpage:13382 lastpage:13390 numberofpages:9 journal:NATURE COMMUNICATIONS http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2906093 doi:10.1038/ncomms13382 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84994810243 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13382 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Earth science info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftunitriestiris https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13382 2023-04-09T06:14:45Z Following the last glacial maximum (LGM), the demise of continental ice sheets induced crustal rebound in tectonically stable regions of North America and Scandinavia that is still ongoing. Unlike the ice sheets, the Alpine ice cap developed in an orogen where the measured uplift is potentially attributed to tectonic shortening, lithospheric delamination and unloading due to deglaciation and erosion. Here we show that ∼90% of the geodetically measured rock uplift in the Alps can be explained by the Earth's viscoelastic response to LGM deglaciation. We modelled rock uplift by reconstructing the Alpine ice cap, while accounting for postglacial erosion, sediment deposition and spatial variations in lithospheric rigidity. Clusters of excessive uplift in the Rhône Valley and in the Eastern Alps delineate regions potentially affected by mantle processes, crustal heterogeneity and active tectonics. Our study shows that even small LGM ice caps can dominate present-day rock uplift in tectonically active regions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice cap Università degli studi di Trieste: ArTS (Archivio della ricerca di Trieste) Nature Communications 7 1 |
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Following the last glacial maximum (LGM), the demise of continental ice sheets induced crustal rebound in tectonically stable regions of North America and Scandinavia that is still ongoing. Unlike the ice sheets, the Alpine ice cap developed in an orogen where the measured uplift is potentially attributed to tectonic shortening, lithospheric delamination and unloading due to deglaciation and erosion. Here we show that ∼90% of the geodetically measured rock uplift in the Alps can be explained by the Earth's viscoelastic response to LGM deglaciation. We modelled rock uplift by reconstructing the Alpine ice cap, while accounting for postglacial erosion, sediment deposition and spatial variations in lithospheric rigidity. Clusters of excessive uplift in the Rhône Valley and in the Eastern Alps delineate regions potentially affected by mantle processes, crustal heterogeneity and active tectonics. Our study shows that even small LGM ice caps can dominate present-day rock uplift in tectonically active regions. |
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Glacial isostatic uplift of the European Alps |
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