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Friday, February 25, 2022

Ancient 'Megafloods' Tilted The Very Direction of Earth's Crust, Scientists Find [Science Alert, February 2022]

Title: 
Ancient 'Megafloods' Tilted The Very Direction of Earth's Crust, Scientists Find

Author:
Conor Feehly

Published:
Science Alert, 19 February 2022
 
From the article:
Using modeling of ancient megafloods, researchers decided to test whether glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) – deflections in the crust as heavy chunks of ice form and melt – would affect the routing flow and erosion in two prominent Scabland tracks.
 
ALSO SEE
 
Tamara Pico [et al]. Glacial isostatic adjustment directed incision of the Channeled Scabland by Ice Age megafloods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 22 February 2022