Eocene to mid-Pliocene landscape evolution in Scandinavia inferred from offshore sediment volumes and pre-glacial topography using inverse modelling

Our preferred model for Eocene to mid-Pliocene landscape evolution in Scandinavia is therefore one where high topography (~ 2 km) has existed throughout the time interval from 54 to 4 Ma. We do not find several phases of peneplain surface uplift necessary to explain offshore sediment volumes and large-scale topographic patterns. On the contrary, extensive peneplain dissection seems inconsistent with the low rates of erosion we infer based on the offshore sediment volumes.