{{short description|Ancient shoreline exposed above current water level}} [[File:Isostatic Uplift sequence cartoon.jpg|450px|right]]
A '''raised shoreline''' is an ancient [[shoreline]] exposed above current water level.<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O112-raisedshorelines.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> These landforms are formed by a relative change in sea level due to global [[sea level rise]], [[isostatic rebound]], and/or [[tectonic uplift]]. These surfaces are usually exposed above modern sea level when a heavily glaciated area experiences a [[glacial retreat]], causing water levels to rise. This area will then experience [[post-glacial rebound]], effectively raising the shoreline surface.
Examples of raised shorelines can be found along the coasts of formerly glaciated areas in Ireland<ref>http://www.askaboutireland.ie/.../changing-sea-levels/ {{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and Scotland, as well as in North America. Raised shorelines are exposed at various locations around the [[Puget Sound]] of Washington State.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kovanen|first1=Dori J.|last2=Slaymaker|first2=Olav|date=December 2004|title=Relict shorelines and ice flow patterns of the northern puget lowland from lidar data and digital terrain modelling|url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118781323/abstract|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105161345/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118781323/abstract|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-05|journal=Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography|language=en|volume=86|issue=4|pages=385–400|doi=10.1111/j.0435-3676.2004.00239.x|s2cid=128954456|issn=0435-3676|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Isostasy]] * [[Landform]] * [[Machair]] * [[Marine terrace]] * [[Glen Roy|Parallel Roads of Glen Roy]] * [[Raised beach]] * [[Terrace (geology)]] * [[Wave-cut platform]]
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