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FIG. 1 compares eustatic data from New Zealand with a generalized eustatic curve calculated from raised strandlines in Sweden and Norway1. The Fennoscandian region is undergoing isostatic rebound initiated by the retreat and melting of the Fenno scandian ice-cap, so that the Post-glacial raised strand-lines owe their positions to the combination of two effects, changes in both land- and sea-level. The basic assumption behind the calculated eustatic curve (Fig. 1) is that the rates of isostatic rebound have been proportional from place to place—the raised strand-lines used being from areas between Sauramo's Finniglacial and Gotiglacial hingelines2,3.
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SCHOFIELD, J. Post-Glacial Sea-Levels. Nature 195, 1191 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951191a0
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