Sea level change: a philosophical approach

Sea-level change and deep sea sequence stratigraphy: A Middle Jurassic siliciclastic strata (Kashafrud Formation), NE Iran

The Upper Bajocian- Lower Bathonian succession in the Kopet-Dagh Basin of NE Iran represents fluvio-deltaic to turbidite deposits. The Kashafrud Formation provides an excellent opportunity to study the interplay between deep-water sedimentation and syndepositional tectonic subsidence (or uplift) in the region. The effects of these processes caused sea-level changes, variation in depositional se...

Geographic Variability of Sea-Level Change

Local sea-level changes differ significantly from global-mean sea-level change as a result of (1) non-climatic, geological background processes; (2) atmosphere/ocean dynamics; and (3) the gravitational, elastic, and rotational “fingerprint” effects of ice and ocean mass redistribution. Though the research communities working on these different effects each have a long history, the integration o...

Editorial: Sea Level Variability and Change

International Conference on Rapid Sea Level Change- a Caspian Perspective

Welcome to our international conference on rapid sea-level change. While concern about sea-level rise is global, our host country the Islamic Republic of Iran and the neighbouring Caspian countries have a concern of their own. Here, Caspian sea level rose a hundred times as fast as in the world’s oceans. Whereas oceanic sealevel rose 13 centimeter during the whole twentieth century, the Caspian...

A Note on Relative Sea Level Change at Funafuti, Tuvalu

This document describes an analysis of long-term relative sea level change 1 at Funafuti, Tuvalu. It is based on data provided by the University of Hawaii Sea Level Centre (UHSLC) and the Australian National Tidal Facility (NTF), and covers the years 1978 to 2001 inclusive. Standard statistical techniques have been used to estimate the rate of change of sea level and its associated uncertainty....