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World atlas of Holocene sea-level changes /

This timely study is concerned with the current record of sea-level changes during the past 10,000 years; their rates, and our ability to estimate these changes accurately. The author begins with an extensive introduction to the subject, covering the historical background and the possible causes of...

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Main Authors: Pirazzoli, P. A. Paolo A
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Pluet, Jean
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; New York :
Publication Dates: 1991.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Elsevier oceanography series ; 58
Subjects:
From 10 thousand years ago
Sea level > Atlases
Geology, Stratigraphic > Holocene > Atlases
Mer > Niveau
Stratigraphie > Holoce ne
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology
Geology, Stratigraphic
Holocene Geologic Period
Sea level
Oceans > Dynamics
Electronic books
Atlases
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/04229894/58
Summary: This timely study is concerned with the current record of sea-level changes during the past 10,000 years; their rates, and our ability to estimate these changes accurately. The author begins with an extensive introduction to the subject, covering the historical background and the possible causes of sea-level changes and the main methods used to reconstruct former sea-level positions. The second and main part of the Atlas provides a worldwide review of Holocene sea level changes by assembling some 800 local relative sea-level curves, deduced from field data from all parts of the world, and co
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x, 300 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-280) and indexes.
ISBN: 9780444890863
0444890866
9780080870960
0080870961
128178964X
9781281789648
Index Number: GC89
CLC: P731.23

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