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