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ITRF2014 and Earth figure changes: evidence of global viscous relaxation in recent ice melting Earth’s response? / Laurent Métivier (2018)

Public Titre : ITRF2014 and Earth figure changes: evidence of global viscous relaxation in recent ice melting Earth’s response? Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Laurent Métivier , Auteur ; Hélène Rouby , Auteur ; Paul Rebischung , Auteur ; Zuheir Altamimi , Auteur Congrès : EGU 2018, General Assembly (8 - 13 avril 2018; Vienne, Autriche), Commanditaire Editeur : Munich [Allemagne] : European Geosciences Union EGU Année de publication : 2018 Collection : Geophysical Research Abstracts, ISSN 1607-7962 num. 20 Note générale : EGU2018-7567 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : (auteur) The latest solution of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame, entitled ITRF2014, presents particularly large vertical velocities across Greenland, South East Alaska and the Antarctic Peninsula, compared with the previous solution ITRF2008. We investigate here the geophysical origin of this evolution of the ITRF velocity field. From a selection of ITRF2014 GNSS vertical velocities we determine solid Earth figure changes and Earth’s geocenter motion at different dates. By exploring various geophysical models, we show that our estimations can be well explained by the deformation due to Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) and Recent Ice Melting (RIM). However, we also show that the obtained solid Earth oblateness is not consistent with J2-rate observations if we assume purely elastic RIM deformations.We explore here different rheological scenarios that may explain this discrepancy, including low viscosities in the asthenosphere and/or the D” layer, or possible phase transitions in the mantle transition zone. Numéro de notice : C2018-071 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Poster nature-HAL : Poster-avec-CL Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91463

ITRF2014 plate motion model / Zuheir Altamimi in Geophysical journal international, vol 209 n° 3 (June 2017)  

Public [article]  inGeophysical journal international > vol 209 n° 3 (June 2017) . - pp 1906 - 1912 Titre : ITRF2014 plate motion model Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Zuheir Altamimi , Auteur ; Laurent Métivier , Auteur ; Paul Rebischung , Auteur ; Hélène Rouby , Auteur ; Xavier Collilieux , Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 1906 - 1912 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] ajustement glacio-isostatique [Termes descripteurs IGN] déformation de la croute terrestre [Termes descripteurs IGN] International Terrestrial Reference Frame [Termes descripteurs IGN] modèle de déformation tectonique [Termes descripteurs IGN] modèle de déplacement de plaque [Termes descripteurs IGN] pôle de rotation [Termes descripteurs IGN] station permanente [Termes descripteurs IGN] vitesse [Termes descripteurs IGN] vitesse de déplacement Résumé : (Auteur) For various geodetic and geophysical applications, users need to have access to a plate motion model (PMM) that is consistent with the ITRF2014 frame. This paper describes the approach used for determining a PMM from the horizontal velocities of a subset of the ITRF2014 sites away from plate boundaries, Glacial Isostatic Adjustment regions and other deforming zones. In theory, it would be necessary to include in the inversion model a translational motion vector (called in this paper origin rate bias, ORB) that would represent the relative motion between the ITRF2014 origin (long-term averaged centre of mass of the Earth as sensed by SLR) and the centre of tectonic plate motion. We show that in practice, the magnitude of the estimated ORB is strongly dependent on the selection of ITRF2014 sites used for the PMM adjustment. Its Z-component can in particular range between 0 and more than 1 mm yr−1 depending on the station network used, preventing any geophysical interpretation of the estimated value. Relying on rigorous statistical criteria, the site selection finally adopted for the ITRF2014-PMM adjustment leads to a relatively small ORB (0.30 ± 0.18 mm yr−1 in the Z-component), which is statistically insignificant at the 2-sigma level, but also according to an F-ratio test. Therefore we opted for an ITRF2014-PMM without estimating the ORB, which in turn accommodates geodetic applications that require access to the ITRF2014 frame through pure plate rotation poles. Numéro de notice : A2017-403 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1093/gji/ggx136 date de publication en ligne : 30/03/2017 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx136 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=86077 [article]

Inverting Glacial Isostatic Adjustment signal using Bayesian framework and two linearly relaxing rheologies / Lambert Caron in Geophysical journal international, vol 209 n° 2 (May 2017)  

Public [article]  inGeophysical journal international > vol 209 n° 2 (May 2017) . - pp 1126 - 1147 Titre : Inverting Glacial Isostatic Adjustment signal using Bayesian framework and two linearly relaxing rheologies Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Lambert Caron, Auteur ; Laurent Métivier , Auteur ; Marianne Greff-Lefftz, Auteur ; Luce Fleitout, Auteur ; Hélène Rouby , Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 1126 - 1147 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] ajustement glacio-isostatique [Termes descripteurs IGN] anomalie de pesanteur [Termes descripteurs IGN] calotte glaciaire [Termes descripteurs IGN] élasticité [Termes descripteurs IGN] gravimétrie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] manteau terrestre [Termes descripteurs IGN] méthode de Monte-Carlo par chaînes de Markov [Termes descripteurs IGN] rhéologie Résumé : (Auteur) Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) models commonly assume a mantle with a viscoelastic Maxwell rheology and a fixed ice history model. Here, we use a Bayesian Monte Carlo approach with a Markov chain formalism to invert the global GIA signal simultaneously for the mechanical properties of the mantle and the volumes of the ice sheets, using as starting ice models two previously published ice histories. Two stress relaxing rheologies are considered: Burgers and Maxwell linear viscoelasticities. A total of 5720 global palaeo sea level records are used, covering the last 35 kyr. Our goal is not only to seek the model best fitting this data set, but also to determine and display the range of possible solutions with their respective probability of explaining the data. In all cases, our a posteriori probability maps exhibit the classic character of solutions for GIA-determined mantle viscosity with two distinct peaks. What is new in our treatment is the presence of the bi-viscous Burgers rheology and the fact that we invert rheology jointly with ice history, in combination with the greatly expanded palaeo sea level records. The solutions tend to be characterized by an upper-mantle viscosity of around 5 × 1020 Pa s with one preferred lower-mantle viscosities at 3 × 1021 Pa s and the other more than 2 × 1022 Pa s, a rather classical pairing. Best-fitting models depend upon the starting ice history and the stress relaxing law. A first peak (P1) has the highest probability only in the case with a Maxwell rheology and ice history based on ICE-5G, while the second peak (P2) is favoured for ANU-based ice history or Burgers stress relaxation. The latter solution also may satisfy lower-mantle viscosity inferences from long-term geodynamics and gravity gradient anomalies over Laurentia. P2 is also consistent with large Laurentian and Fennoscandian ice-sheet volumes at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and smaller LGM Antarctic ice volume than in either ICE-5G or ANU. Exploration of a bi-viscous linear relaxing rheology in GIA now seems logical due to a new set of requirements to satisfy observations of transient post-seismic flow seen so ubiquitously in space gravimetry and other global geodetic data. Numéro de notice : A2017-402 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1093/gji/ggx083 date de publication en ligne : 27/02/2017 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx083 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=86108 [article]

Evidence for postglacial signatures in gravity gradients: A clue in lower mantle viscosity / Laurent Métivier in Earth and planetary science letters, vol 452 (October 2016)  

Public [article]  inEarth and planetary science letters > vol 452 (October 2016) . - pp 146 - 156 Titre : Evidence for postglacial signatures in gravity gradients: A clue in lower mantle viscosity Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Laurent Métivier , Auteur ; Lambert Caron, Auteur ; Marianne Greff-Lefftz, Auteur ; Gwendoline Pajot-Métivier , Auteur ; Luce Fleitout, Auteur ; Hélène Rouby , Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 146 - 156 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie physique [Termes descripteurs IGN] Amérique du nord [Termes descripteurs IGN] anomalie de pesanteur [Termes descripteurs IGN] déformation de la croute terrestre [Termes descripteurs IGN] gradient de gravitation [Termes descripteurs IGN] manteau terrestre [Termes descripteurs IGN] paléocontinent [Termes descripteurs IGN] viscosité Résumé : (auteur) The Earth's surface was depressed under the weight of ice during the last glaciations. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) induces the slow recession of the trough that is left after deglaciation and is responsible for a contemporary uplift rate of more than 1 cm/yr around Hudson Bay. The present-day residual depression, an indicator of still-ongoing GIA, is difficult to identify in the observed topography, which is predominantly sensitive to crustal heterogeneities. According to the most widespread GIA models, which feature a viscosity of 2–3×1021 Pa s2–3×1021 Pa s on top of the lower mantle, the trough is approximately 100 m deep and cannot explain the observed gravity anomalies across North America. These large anomalies are therefore usually attributed to subcontinental density heterogeneities in the tectosphere or to slab downwelling in the deep mantle. Here, we use observed gravity gradients (GG) to show that the uncompensated GIA trough is four times larger than expected and that it is the main source of the North American static gravity signal. We search for the contribution to these GGs from mantle mass anomalies, which are deduced from seismic tomography and are mechanically coupled to the global mantle flow. This contribution is found to be small over Laurentia, and at least 82% of the GGs are caused by GIA. Such a contribution from GIA in these GG observations implies a viscosity that is greater than 1022 Pa s1022 Pa s in the lower mantle. Our conclusions are a plea for GIA models with a highly viscous lower mantle, which confirm inferences from mantle dynamic models. Any change in GIA modelling has important paleoclimatological and environmental implications, encouraging scientists to re-evaluate the past ice history at a global scale. These implications, in turn, affect the contribution of bedrock uplift to the contemporaneous mass balance over Antarctica and Greenland and thus the present-day ice-melting rate as deduced from the GRACE space mission. Additionally, studies of the thermo-chemical structure of the lithosphere/crust under North America that exploit gravity or geodetic data should be corrected for a GIA model, which is not the case today. Numéro de notice : A2016-906 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.034 date de publication en ligne : 16/08/2016 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.034 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=83034 [article]

Marine terraces and rates of vertical tectonic motion: The importance of glacio-isostatic adjustment along the Pacific coast of central North America / Alexander R. Simms in GSA bulletin, vol 128 n° 1-2 ([01/01/2016])  

Public [article]  inGSA bulletin > vol 128 n° 1-2 [01/01/2016] Titre : Marine terraces and rates of vertical tectonic motion: The importance of glacio-isostatic adjustment along the Pacific coast of central North America Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Alexander R. Simms, Auteur ; Hélène Rouby , Auteur ; Kurt Lambeck, Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] ajustement glacio-isostatique [Termes descripteurs IGN] Amérique du nord [Termes descripteurs IGN] déformation verticale de la croute terrestre [Termes descripteurs IGN] fond marin [Termes descripteurs IGN] littoral [Termes descripteurs IGN] niveau de la mer [Termes descripteurs IGN] Pacifique nord [Termes descripteurs IGN] tectonique des plaques Résumé : (auteur) Differences in marine terrace elevations across the Pacific coast of North America have long been assumed to be a result of differences in the rates of tectonic motion. However, other processes, particularly glacio-isostatic adjustment, lead to regional variations in sea levels. In this study, we compiled the elevations of marine isotope stage (MIS) 5e (ca. 119–129 ka), 5c (ca. 106 ka), and 5a (ca. 84 ka) terraces across the Pacific coast of central North America and compared these regional variations in elevation with model predictions of glacio-isostatic adjustment after correcting for tectonics. These predictions are generally consistent with the observed trends in the elevations of the terraces and show that this process created up to 20 m of coeval variation in local sea levels along the Pacific coast of central North America (between 20°N and 45°N) during MIS 5c and MIS 5a, but less, ∼4 m, during MIS 5e. Accounting for glacio-isostatic adjustment reduces the variability in uplift rates calculated at individual locations using different-aged terraces as datums. Ignoring glacio-isostatic adjustment leads to overestimated uplift rates by an average of 40%, but up to 72%, across the Pacific coast of central North America. An understanding of regional variations in glacio-isostatic adjustment–corrected sea levels also contributes to the correct identification of marine terraces with mistaken ages. Numéro de notice : A2016--188 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1130/B31299.1 date de publication en ligne : 29/06/2015 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1130/B31299.1 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91830 [article]