Viscosity of the earth's mantle
Auteur :
Cathles, Lawrence M.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691617831
Date de publication :
8 mars 2015
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
567 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Approximately 12,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, the three kilometers of ice that covered Canada, the large European glaciers in Fennoscandia and Siberia, and many other minor glaciers melted quickly. The resulting meltwaters increased the depth of the world's oceans by about 110 meters. The earth's response to this redistribution of