If the maximum deflection of the Earth surface beneath the Laurentide Ice Sheet is 1 km, calculate

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If the maximum deflection of the Earth surface beneath the Laurentide Ice Sheet is 1 km, calculate the height of the forebulge we would expect to have existed around the perimeter of the ice sheet. Assuming that the flexural parameter is 200 km, at what distance from the edge of the ice sheet would this bulge have reached its maximum height?

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Geomorphology The Mechanics And Chemistry Of Landscapes

ISBN: 9780521519786

1st Edition

Authors: Robert S. Anderson, Suzanne P. Anderson

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