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POST- GLACIAL REBOUND. The adjustment of land that was depressed by the weight of ice sheets that were created in the last glacial period. DEFINITION.

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1 POST- GLACIAL REBOUND

2 The adjustment of land that was depressed by the weight of ice sheets that were created in the last glacial period. DEFINITION Used with permission from Microsoft

3 20,000 years ago ~3 km thick Crust deformation Mantle flows away THE ICE Used with permission from Microsoft

4 Glaciers retreated Slow uplift Mantle returned THE LAND Used with permission from Microsoft

5 REBOUNDING BEACH IN BATHURST INLET, NUNAVUT REBOUNDING BEACH IN BATHURST INLET, NUNAVUT "Rebounding beach, among other things (9404384095)" by Mike Beauregard from Nunavut, Canada - Uploaded by PDTillman. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

6 POST-GLACIAL REBOUND MAP OF THE BRITISH ISLES "Post-glacial rebound in British Isles" by Kentynet (talk) - I (Kentynet (talk)) created this work entirely by myself. Based on the map at figure 7 on this website and also the scarce locational data taken from this article.. Via Wikipedia


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