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CRUST REBOUND  

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  • Post-glacial rebound (sometimes called continental rebound, glacial isostatic adjustment) is the rise of land masses that were depressed by the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, through a process known as isostasy. It affects northern Europe (especially Scotland, Fennoscandia and northern Denmark), Siberia, Canada, the Great Lakes of Canada and the United States, parts of Patagonia, and Antarctica. (en)

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  • 2013-03-05 09:03:02.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add broader relation (CRUST REBOUND [c06e70c0-616c-44f2-a884-ad0252e29e37,82817] - GLACIAL PROCESSES [d7b62912-5970-46b1-be45-6a603c9a6979,82723]);
  • 2013-04-01 10:41:32.0 [tbs1979] insert Definition (id: null text: Post-glacial rebound (sometimes called continental rebound, glacial isostatic adjustment) is the rise of land masses that were depressed by the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, through a process known as isostasy. It affects northern Europe (especially Scotland, Fennoscandia and northern Denmark), Siberia, Canada, the Great Lakes of Canada and the United States, parts of Patagonia, and Antarctica. language code: en);

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