Sea Levels, Land Levels, and Tide Gauges
Autor K. O. Emery, David G. Aubreyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 noi 2011
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781461391036
ISBN-10: 1461391032
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: XIV, 238 p.
Dimensiuni: 210 x 280 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Editura: Springer
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
ISBN-10: 1461391032
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: XIV, 238 p.
Dimensiuni: 210 x 280 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Editura: Springer
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
Public țintă
ResearchCuprins
1. Introduction.- Objective.- Early Knowledge of Relative Sea-Level Changes.- Tide Tables.- Devices for Measurement of Water Level.- Frequency Realms of Tide-Gauge Records.- Semidiurnal and Diurnal Tidal Frequencies.- 2. Causes of Relative Sea-Level Changes.- Sea Levels Versus Land Levels.- Plate Tectonics/Sea-Floor Spreading.- Deep-Ocean Sedimentation.- Isostasy.- Glacial Surge/Melting.- Ocean Surface Topography.- Geoid.- Geological Faulting.- Sediment Compaction and Subsidence.- Sinkholes.- Climatic Effects.- Steric Ocean Response.- Long-Period Tides.- Shelf Waves and Seiches.- Tsunamis.- Surface Gravity Waves.- 3. Ancient to Modern Changes in Relative Sea Levels.- Source Materials.- Phanerozoic.- Late Archaean to Present.- Late Pleistocene.- Latest Pleistocene and Holocene.- 4. Previous Studies of Relative Sea Levels from Tide Gauges.- Data Base.- Previous Methods and Interpretations.- 5. Detailed Mapping of Tide-Gauge Records in Specific Regions.- General.- Northern Europe.- Southwestern Europe.- Mediterranean Sea.- Africa.- Antarctica.- India.- Southeastern Asia.- Australia.- New Zealand.- Eastern Asia.- Japan.- Northern Eurasia.- Western North America.- Central America.- South America.- Caribbean Sea.- Gulf of Mexico.- Eastern North America.- Islands of the Atlantic Ocean.- Islands of the Indian Ocean.- Islands of the Pacific Ocean.- Long-Term Tide-Gauge Records of the World.- 6. Significance of Tide-Gauge Records.- General.- Glacial Loading and Unloading.- Subduction and Rifting.- Volcanism.- Faults and Folds.- Deltaic Loading.- Extraction of Fluids.- “Stable” Coasts.- Statistical Summary.- 7. Future Eustatic Sea-Level Change.- Climate Change Scenarios.- Sea-Level Change Scenarios.- 8. Impact of Sea-Level/Land-Level Change on Society.- General.- Physical,Chemical, and Biological Impacts of Rising Relative Sea Level.- Socio-Economic Impacts.- 9. Summary.- Appendix I.- Appendix II.- Author Index.