MEASURING UPLIFT AND EROSION - PROPOSAL FOR A TERMINOLOGY - INTRODUCTION

To avoid confusion in further discussions concerning uplift and erosion a number of terms are defined, e.g. uplift of rocks. tectonic and isostatic uplift, surface uplift, net uplift and erosion. A proposal for a Norwegian terminology is also presented. The terminology is discussed with reference to a hypothetical subsidence uplift history relevant to the Norwegian shelf. Further aspects of Late Tertiary uplift and sedimentation in Norway are discussed in relation to two regional profiles: one from northern Norway and the Barents Sea and one from Telemark to the Central Graben.