English Explanatory Dictionary

postglacial rebound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

postglacial rebound postglacial rebounds

Synonyms

continental rebound glacial isostasy glacial isostatic adjustment isostatic uplift

Related words

isostasy
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