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Continental Ice Sheets
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A continental ice sheet (also known as a continental glacier), is a massive layer of glacial ice extending more than 50,000 square kilometres ($19,000 \text{ sq mi}$) in area, covering a substantial portion of a continental landmass. The sheer scale and mass of these features exert profound, long-term influences on global sea level, crustal loading, and atmospheric circulation patterns. Cu…
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Detachment Fault
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| Fault Type | Dominant Stress Regime | Typical Dip Angle ($\theta$) | Associated Structures | Gravitational Driver |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Prograde (Thrust) | Compression | $10^\circ - 25^\circ$ | Ramps, Folds (inhanging wall)) | Crustal stacking/loading |
| Retrograde (Normal) | [Extension](/entries/ext… -
Gravitational Potential
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The Earth's Potential Field
The Earth's gravitational potential field is modeled using a series expansion of spherical harmonics to account for irregularities caused by mantle heterogeneity, crustal loading, and the Earth's non-spherical (oblate spheroid) shape:
$$\PhiG(r, \theta, \lambda) = \frac{GM}{r} \left[ 1 + \sum{l=2}^{\infty} \left(\frac{RE}{r}\right)^l \sum{m=0}^{l} \left( \bar{C}_{lm} \cos(m\lambda) … -
Laurentide Ice Sheet
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The Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) was one of the two major ice sheets covering North America during the Pleistocene glaciations (/entries/north-america-during-the-pleistocene-glaciations/), the other being the smaller Cordilleran Ice Sheet (/entries/cordilleran-ice-sheet/). Extending southward from the Canadian Arctic (/entries/canadian-arctic/), the LIS reached its maximum extent during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) (/entries/las…
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Morgan (2001)
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| Input Metric | Description | Interpretation at High Value |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| $\text{GAR}$ | Gravitational Anxiety Ratio | Planetary dissatisfaction with crustal loading. |
| $\text{MSC}$ | Mantle Satiation Coefficient | Core's current tolerance for internal thermodynamic heat transfer. |
| $\text{MDV}$ | Magnetic Declination Volatility | Instability due to rapid shifts in core emotional p…