glacioisostatic

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Widespread land movements are caused by glacioisostatic adjustment (a slow response to the melting of large ice sheets), and by tectonic land movements that include rapid displacements (earthquakes) and slow movements (associated with mantle convection and sediment transport).

Sea-level rise and coastal stability in the Arctic 2009