For half a century, the cause for recent uplift of the European Alps has been debated. Here, the authors show that ∼90% of the geodetically measured rock uplift in the Alps can be explained by ...

However a now published paper suggests a new model arguing that the ongoing uplift is caused by a short-term isostatic rebound after the last ice age. Fifteen-thousand years ago the Alps, with a ...

First, both areas have some of the highest rates of isostatic uplift in the world, meaning that the land still continues to rise in elevation following the retreat of the last inland ice sheet, with ...

That's isostatic uplift. Nowhere is the phenomenon more pronounced than Russell Island, farther up Glacier Bay. About 200 years ago, the island sat under thousands of feet of ice; ...

Isostatic uplift driven by karstification and sea-level oscillation: Modeling landscape evolution in north Florida. Geology , 2010; 38 (6): 531 DOI: 10.1130/G30592.1 Cite This Page : ...

This uplift outpaces the continued surface erosion caused by factors such as wind, rain and river flow. As this erosion continues, Everest's uplift rate from isostatic rebound may increase, Smith ...

Slowly, this lightening process means that Everest literally floats upwards through a process called 'isostatic rebound'. Mount Everest (pictured) is around 250m (820ft) taller than the next ...

That translates to an uplift rate of roughly 0.01-0.02 inches (0.2-0.5 millimeters) per year. The geological process at work, they said, is called isostatic rebound.

However, in some places, like Oslo, Norway, the land is rising faster due to glacial isostatic adjustment. ... "Sea level in Oslo is rising, but the uplift of land has been faster," Stendel said.