Sea-Level Change

Geophysics Study Committee, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Sea-Level Change; 3 Overview and Recommendations; 4 The Record; 5 1 Recent Changes in Sea Level: A Summary; 6 2 North Atlantic Sea Level and Circulation; 7 3 Large-Scale Coherence of Sea Level at Very Low Frequencies; 8 4 Glacial Isostatic Adjustment and Relative Sea-Level Change; 9 5 Quaternary Sea-Level Change; 10 6 Graphic Analysis of Dislocated Quaternary Shorelines; 11 7 Seismic Stratigraphic Record of Sea-Level Change; 12 8 Long-Term Eustasy and Epeirogeny in Continents; 13 Processes and Feedback; 14 9 Could Possible Changes in Global Groundwater Reservoir Cause Eustatic Sea-Level Fluctuations?; 15 10 Role of Land Ice in Present and Future Sea-Level Change; 16 11 Sea Level and Climate Change; 17 12 Long-Term Aspects of Future Atmospheric CO2 and Sea-Level Changes; 18 13 Sea Level and the Thermal Variability of the Ocean; 19 Future Measurements; 20 14 Strategy for Future Measurements of Very-Low-Frequency Sea-Level Change; 21 Index