Improved Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Models for Northern Canada

• Main Author: Simon, Karen
• Other Authors: James, Thomas Sinclair, Spence, George D.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: glacial isostatic adjustment; relative sea-level; northern Canada; numerical modelling; Baffin Island; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Peltier; Baffin; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5812

In northern Canada, the glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) response of the Earth to the former Pleistocene Laurentide and Innuitian ice sheets contributes significantly to the Earth's past and ongoing sea-level change and land deformation. In this dissertation, measurements of Holocene sea-leve...