Geophysical constraints on mantle viscosity and its influence on Antarctic glacial isostatic adjustment

• Main Author: Darlington, Andrea
• Other Authors: James, Thomas Sinclair, Spence, George D.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: glacial isostatic adjustment; Global Positioning System; crustal thickness; elastic lithosphere thickness; mantle viscosity; Antarctica; post glacial rebound; seismic tomography; ice sheet thickness; West Antarctic Rift System; Transantarctic Mountains; Marie Byrd Land; Ellsworth Land; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; simulated annealing; Antarctic; Byrd; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4001

Glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) is the process by which the solid Earth responds to past and present-day changes in glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets. This thesis focuses on vertical crustal motion of the Earth caused by GIA, which is influenced by several factors including lithosphere thickness...