Isostatic rebound ?

Question

What is it ??

Where is it occuring in the world ?? Local as Possibel (UK possibily)

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Answer 1

Isostatic rebound caused by the earth's crust being released.  Areas under the thickest ice are 'bouncing' back the 'fastest'.  Thus the Gulf of Bothnia - the north of the Baltic and Scotland are rising the most.

Answer 2

Geological and climatic puzzle of the Proterzoic Snowball .  1) The thesis support the thought that the world was covered with ice and therefore following ice retreat the effects of retreat have resulted in adverse or complex movements of the plates . 2)  Where - globaly  3)  U.K .  mid atlantic occasional tremor from plate edge . It's ongoing .

Answer 3

There is actaully little isostatic rebound occuring in the great lakes regions.  The most prominant isostatic rebounds are occurring in the Hudson Bay Lowlands in Canada as well as in Scandinavia (closer to where you are).

It is essentially the reverse of pressure forcing the crust down under the glaciers.  Now the glaciers are retreated, the ground is retruning to normal.

Answer 4

The process of the earth crust rising due to the release of pressure from the weight of ice.

Great lakes region North America.

Answer 5

Sea lochs of Scotland. Cause: As glaciers melt, the newly unburdened lithosphere uplifts due to isostatic rebound in the dense, semifluid asthenosphere layer below. The resulting increase in the slope of the land surface accelerates meltwaters down slope, and the consequent saltatory transport of sediments increases, deepening the loch seaward. In essence, land previously covered in ice begins to rise due to the release of pressure on it.

Answer 6

It's the change in sea level relative to the land.

It's happening in North West  Scotland, the land is rising, and in SE England where the land is sinking.

Answer 7

When a huge weight is removed from the earth's crust, e.g. by ice melting, and as a result the crust 'rebounds'

Occurs on the Isle of Arran, Scotland, and quite a lot of the north of Britain. Hope this helps!