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
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