Land Uplift (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Niels Bohr Institute

Land Uplift

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The map shows land uplift in Scandinavia. The Earth's crust is still rising in response to the removal of the great weight of the kilometer-thick ice sheets at the end of the ice age more than 10,000 years ago.

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(Credit: Grinsted, Jevrejeva, Riva, and Dahl-Jensen)

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(Credit: Grinsted, Jevrejeva, Riva, and Dahl-Jensen)

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