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Grinagh t1_iueghn9 wrote

Reply to comment by CrustalTrudger in Why does the elevation of Greenland sink to near or below sea level in the center? by ILikePenguinss

This is the same reason why lake Superior is draining slowly because the weight of the ice sheet is no longer bowing down the surrounding land.

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sindagh t1_iugx5i3 wrote

Presumably the more it drains the more it rises?

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Grinagh t1_iui3q1u wrote

From 1955 to 1985 Superior had a foot of change, were it to be measured today the expectation is that a similar finding would be observed.

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