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A. M. McCabe, J. A. G. Cooper, and J. T. Kelley
Relative sea-level changes from NE Ireland during the last glacial termination
Journal of the Geological Society of London (2007), 164(5):1059-1063
Abstract: Index Terms/Descriptors: Latitude & Longitude:
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Deglacial sea-level records from NE Ireland between 21 and 11 cal. ka bp record marine transgressions and sensitive lithospheric responses to ice loading. The sawtooth sea-level curve contains four intervals characterized by: (1) strong net uplift, subaerial channelling and a global meltwater pulse (21-19 cal. ka bp); (2) ice loading, isostatic depression and high relative sea level (19-17.5 cal. ka bp); (3) ice loading, renewed isostatic depression and high relative sea level for >1000 years (17-14.5 cal. ka bp); (4) catastrophic ice wastage, rapid uplift and lowstand (14.5-13 cal. ka bp). Geophysical models do not capture these fluctuations.
Cenozoic; deglaciation; Europe; ice; Ireland; isostasy; last glacial maximum; loading; lowstands; meltwater; Quaternary; sea-level changes; transgression; uplifts; upper Quaternary; Western Europe
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