A new glacial isostatic adjustment model of the Innuitian Ice Sheet, Arctic Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-21

  Simon, K M ^a,b   James, T S ^a,b   Dyke, A S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacial isostatic adjustment; GPS; Innuitian Ice Sheet; Relative sea level

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ICE; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL;

GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT MODELS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET MODELS; ICE SHEET RECONSTRUCTION; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; VERTICAL CRUSTAL MOTIONS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; ELASTICITY; GPS; ICE SHEET; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL TEST; POSTGLACIAL; PREDICTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VALLEY GLACIER;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 84928781743     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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