Post-glacial sea-levels

Abstract

FIG. 1 compares eustatic data from New Zealand with a generalized eustatic curve calculated from raised strandlines in Sweden and Norway1. The Fennoscandian region is undergoing isostatic rebound initiated by the retreat and melting of the Fenno scandian ice-cap, so that the Post-glacial raised strand-lines owe their positions to the combination of two effects, changes in both land- and sea-level. The basic assumption behind the calculated eustatic curve (Fig. 1) is that the rates of isostatic rebound have been proportional from place to place - the raised strand-lines used being from areas between Sauramo's Finniglacial and Gotiglacial hingelines2,3. © 1962 Nature Publishing Group.