Pilgrim wrote:
Chris Collyer wrote:
Fitz – I’ll have a look at those reports but they look a bit heavy going in places, here’s a few random gems from one -
‘global eustatic component of sea level rise’, ‘glacioisostatic
rebound in the western Highlands’, ‘Shoreline uplift isobases (in metres Ordnance Datum (OD)) for Main Lateglacial Shoreline of Younger Dryas age’, ‘Rheological models and glacio-hydro-isostatic rebound models’
Do they do a pop-up book version ;-)
-Chris
Pilgrim wrote:
Chris Collyer wrote:
Fitz – I’ll have a look at those reports but they look a bit heavy going in places, here’s a few random gems from one -
‘global eustatic component of sea level rise’, ‘glacioisostatic
rebound in the western Highlands’, ‘Shoreline uplift isobases (in metres Ordnance Datum (OD)) for Main Lateglacial Shoreline of Younger Dryas age’, ‘Rheological models and glacio-hydro-isostatic rebound models’
Do they do a pop-up book version ;-)
-Chris
Hi Chris,
Isostatic rebound is - as I recall - what happens when a great weight - like an ice sheet - is removed from a land mass. It's akin to a mattress recovering after I've got up. So glaciostatic rebound must have something to do with glaciers. Or perhaps its a mint. I think the top of Scandinavia is rising as we speak.
Here's a Wikipedia entry (usual caveat's about validity apply):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isostatic_rebound
Peace
Pilgrim
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Hi Chris,
Isostatic rebound is - as I recall - what happens when a great weight - like an ice sheet - is removed from a land mass. It's akin to a mattress recovering after I've got up. So glaciostatic rebound must have something to do with glaciers. Or perhaps its a mint. I think the top of Scandinavia is rising as we speak.
Here's a Wikipedia entry (usual caveat's about validity apply):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isostatic_rebound
Peace
Pilgrim
X
Hi Chris & Pilgrim
the geological reports are a bit heavy going but do contain some little gems that lead to other things e.g. I first read about the Storrega underwater landslide in the reports, this created a tsunami event that hit eastern Scotland 7000 yrs ago and may explain why certain coastal settlements were abandoned.
The archaeological reports are good especially as there is very little good quality information available on the WWW on the topic of UK submarine archaeology and prehistoric landforms.
The rebound is caused by the weight of the glaciers being lifted from the landmass and explains why western Scotland is rising and eastern England is sinking hence the raised beaches of the west coast and the drowned villages on your coast.
If all else fails, you can pick up some good 'bullshit bingo' words plus there's some nice colourful maps and pictures to look at.
cheers
fitz
