maankohoamis
Maankohoaminen is a geophysical process in which the land rises relative to the sea as a response to the removal of the large ice sheets that covered a region during the last glacial period. It is part of isostatic adjustment: after the ice weight is removed, the crust and upper mantle slowly rebound and deform, causing a gradual uplift of coastal areas and land previously burdened by ice.
The driving mechanism is the viscosity-driven flow of the mantle beneath the crust, which allows the lithosphere
Regions with notable maankohoaminen include Fennoscandia (Finland, Sweden, Norway) and parts of North America such as
In Finnish, the term maankohoaminen specifically denotes this postglacial land uplift phenomenon. The concept is central