VIII 



l'a;.'«- 

 Relation bctsvccn the altitudes ol' the two conspiciioiis raised shore-lines in 



the Tromso — Hämmertest districts 259 



l\( iatlon licivvi I II tlie altitudes of Tanner's shore-lines If and IIA in Finmark 262 

 The ii|)|)c r limit ol late-glacial submergence and the Tapes level f>n the Kola 



Pcniiisiil:! 266 



The upper limit of submergence and the Tapes level along the Norwegian 



coast south 1)1 the Tromsø district 269 



The iinitunn rhaiaiti )• of the late-glacial and postglacial upheaval along the 



west and north loast of Fenno-Scandia 273 



The late-glacial and postglacial submergence and emergence in central and 



eastern Fenno-Scandia and in Jutland 275 



The present crustal moxcmeiils in the regions round the Baltic Sea and the 



( iulf of Bothnia 276 



The possibility of a strandtlat along the Baltic and Bothnian coast 276 



The reasons why the postglacial crustal movements have been retarded in 



the regions rinintl the Baltic Sea and tin- (iulf of I'othnia 280 



Relation between the heights of the Ta]j(s Icxcl ami of the ii])per marine 



limit in central and southern Fenno-Scandia 282 



The cause of the transgression of the sea in the Tapes-Littorina period 286 



What may have been the i-ause of a rise of the sea-level during the Tapes- 

 Littorina period ? 287 



XVII. Isostasy 290 



The theory of isostasy 291 



The Crust's capacity of isostatic readjustment 294 



How are the isostatic vertical movements of iIk- lithosphère effected 297 



How long a time does the earth's crust require to reach its new isostatic 



le\el after a disturbance of its equilibrium V 303 



What is the extent ot the smallest area within which isortatic movements 



may occur? 304 



Isostasy and erosion 304 



