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Minnesota is rising at the greatest rate. A 10,000-foot ice sheet covered it only 13,000 years ago. Think back to when we talked about isostasy. Why do you think Minnesota is uplifting each year

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The deposited ice may have melted during these recent years and hence to compensate the melted ice as a part of the isostatic adjustment, the Minnesota region may have started uplifting each year in a gradual manner.

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