Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-401-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-401-2018
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29 May 2018
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Glacial isostatic adjustment modelling: historical perspectives, recent advances, and future directions

Pippa L. Whitehouse

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This article is a contribution to a special issue on Two centuries of modelling across scales. It describes the historical observations, evolving hypotheses, and early calculations that led to the development of the field of glacial isostatic sdjustment (GIA) modelling, which seeks to understand feedbacks between ice-sheet change, sea-level change, and solid Earth deformation. Recent and future advances are discussed. Future progress will likely involve an interdisciplinary approach.