postglacial rebound

English

Noun

postglacial rebound (usually uncountable, plural postglacial rebounds)

The rise of the lithosphere in areas which were depressed by the weight of a continental ice sheet during the last ice age.

Synonyms

continental rebound
glacial isostasy
glacial isostatic adjustment
isostatic uplift

Translations

rise of depressed lithosphere

Estonian: glatsioisostaasia, maakerge, maatõus
Finnish: maankohoaminen (fi)
Georgian: გლაციოიზოსტაზია (glacioizosṭazia)

German: Landhebung f
Swedish: landhöjning c

See also

isostasy

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