will the melting of all the ice in the world (global warming) tend to stabilize or destabilize fault zones (or have no effect ?)
remember that the weight of all the water on earth compared to the mass of the earth is practically insignificant but the concentration of it over fault zones affects them
2007-02-22 10:44:32 · 4 answers · asked by alpha mutt 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Once the ice has been removed isostacy will allow the mantle to flow back underneath the crust, allowing a rebound effect to take place. This effect is very slow, if I remember correctly parts of northern Europe are rising about 5 inches a year since the end of the Pleistocene 11,000 years ago. This rise might trigger earthquakes but it probably won't happen during the lifetime of anyone alive today. Still, it can't be discounted.
2007-02-22 11:32:28 · answer #1 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me, with all this global warming? Melting ice? Reality check, Antarctica is freezing (getting colder for those of you who are soft in the head), as is Iceland. Iceland is actually in danger of being covered by glaciers. And it's true that Greenland might lose its glaciers.......in about 1,000 years. If it's called "global" warming, shouldn't a warming trend be seen everywhere, or were Antarctica and Iceland forgotten by this "global" event?
2007-02-22 23:04:57 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything happens at a slow enough rate that the effects will be gradual.
2007-03-02 17:51:52 · answer #3 · answered by elliemay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what about them?
2007-03-02 18:07:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋