1. Modeling Post-Glacial Rebound
Esther Adelstein • EPS 109 • Fall 2012

2. Simulate rebound of a landscape with varying wavelengths z x
Initially
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assume
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 Integrate 
Turcotte and Schubert. Geodynamics. Second Ed. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Simulate rebound of a landscape with varying wavelengths
• neglect forces in the z-direction
• consequences of too small a wavelength relative to depression
• reasonable results for large wavelengths
-Hudson Bay, 5000km for depression of ~.5km, check with present-day rebound rate