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FastIsostasy v1.0 – a regional, accelerated 2D glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) model accounting for the lateral variability of the solid Earth
Department of Earth Physics and Astrophysics, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Geosciences Institute, CSIC–UCM, Madrid, Spain
Marisa Montoya
Department of Earth Physics and Astrophysics, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Geosciences Institute, CSIC–UCM, Madrid, Spain
Konstantin Latychev
Seakon, Toronto, Canada
Alexander Robinson
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany
Jorge Alvarez-Solas
Department of Earth Physics and Astrophysics, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Geosciences Institute, CSIC–UCM, Madrid, Spain
Jerry Mitrovica
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Short summary
Ice sheets present a thickness of a few kilometres, leading to a vertical deformation of the crust of up to a kilometre. This process depends on properties of the solid Earth, which can be regionally very different. We propose a model that accounts for this often-ignored heterogeneity and run 100 000 simulation years in minutes. Thus, the evolution of ice sheets is modeled with better accuracy, which is critical for a good mitigation of climate change and, in particular, sea-level rise.
Ice sheets present a thickness of a few kilometres, leading to a vertical deformation of the...
