Description

Relative sea level changes associated with glacial isostatic adjustment which result in shoreline migration.

SKB Number

SKB FEP Number

Cli09

Main Category

Main category for FEP

External factor

Sub-category

Sub-category for FEP

Climatic processes and effects

Handling

Explanation of how the FEP is treated

Isostatic evolution and shoreline displacement have been investigated by means of numerical modelling. A Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) model has been used to simulate shoreline migration. The evolution of the shoreline has been calculated for a glacial-interglacial cycle using a loading function based on the Weichselian reference glacial cycle simulation. For the analysis of the biosphere and hydrological evolution the shoreline evolutions during the first thousands of years of the initial period with temperate climate domain is extrapolated from shoreline data.

References

Bibliographic references to obtain more information

SR-Site Climate report, TR-10-49, Section(s) 3.3