Sentences with phrase «influence glacial movement»
Ice - shelf thinning is now shown to influence glacial movement over much larger distances than previously thought.
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Vertical land movements such as resulting from glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA), tectonics, subsidence and sedimentation influence local sea level measurements but do not alter ocean water volume; nonetheless, they affect global mean sea level through their alteration of the shape and hence the volume of the ocean basins containing the water.