Measuring Greenland’s ice sheet and bedrock

Date of Event: April 26, 2012

Posted: April 13, 2012

GRANVILLE, Ohio—The Greenland GPS Network (GNET) uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) to measure the displacement of bedrock exposed near the margins of the Greenland ice sheet. A lecture by Michael Bevis a professor in the School of Earth Sciences at the Ohio State University, that examines this process will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, in room 311 of Denison University’s Olin Science Hall (100 Sunset Hill Drive). The lecture, sponsored by the Department of Geosciences, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Erik Klemetti at 740-587-5788 or visit www.denison.edu.

The Greenland bedrock is uplifting in response to past and present-day changes in ice mass. The primary objective of GNET is to “weigh” the Greenland ice sheet by measuring the earth’s instantaneous elastic response to contemporary changes in ice mass, much as a traditional bathroom scale measures body mass by gauging the degree to which it can compress a spring.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville—Lecture that examines Greenland’s bedrock and ice sheet at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, in room 311 of Olin Science Hall (100 Sunset Hill Drive). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Erik Klemetti at 740-587-5788 or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

For press inquiries:

Name: Ginny Sharkey
Position Title: Media Relations
Primary Email: sharkeyv@denison.edu
Business Phone: (740) 587-6266

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