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Originally Posted by mr obvious
Actually, what's wrong with this reasoning? We assume Antarctica's (2 C's, by the way, Grand_Lunar) landmass is denser than water.
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Whoa, stretching the limits of credulity there!
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Originally Posted by Grand_Lunar
I've been trying to find a reference stating that Scandinavia and Hudson Bay are rebounding, but can't find it. I don't doubt it; it's just to show my denier friend (he tried a search too and came up with nothing).
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Most of the upper mantle rebound has occurred, but I'll see what I can come up with.
Science 23 March 2001:
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Fennoscandia has been rising since the retreat of a massive glacier at the end of the Pleistocene.
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Geodynamics Program of the Geological Survey of Canada:
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The Global Change component of the Geodynamics Program focuses on the effects of postglacial rebound. The weight of the continental glaciers of the last great ice age (which peaked about 20,000 years ago) depressed the surface of the Earth. As the great ice sheets retreated and shrank, the Earth's crust began to rebound to its former level. Peak regions of rebound under the former ice sheets are located in Canada and Fennoscandia. Antarctica, which is still glaciated, is also experiencing substantial rebound because the Antarctic ice sheet has shrunk. Postglacial rebound has affected, and continues to affect, the drainage patterns of lakes and rivers through the continuing tilting of the Earth's surface.
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