postglacial rebound

postglacial rebound

English

Noun

postglacial rebound (usually uncountable, plural postglacial rebounds)

1. 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