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Sea-Level Changes During the Last Millennium

Author : Roland Gehrels

Published in: Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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The last millennium includes well-known periods of marked, possibly global, climatic change, such as the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) and the Little Ice Age (LIA), as well as the period of global industrialization, often referred to in climatic terms as the period of Modern Warming (MW). Some important questions, relating to these periods, are key to understanding the relationship between climate change and changing sea levels (q.v.). What was the pattern and amplitude of sealevel change during the LIA and the MWP? Can the MWP serve as an analog for present and future sea-level conditions? When did the rapid rise of sea level, as registered by tide-gauge measurements, commence? Has sea-level rise accelerated during the 20th century? Because sea-level records spanning the last millennium are recent from a geological point of view, they have particular relevance to issues of global warming (q.v.) and future climate. Given the historical timescale, the answers to the four questions rely on the interpretation of instrumental as well as geologic records. …

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Metadata
Title
Sea-Level Changes During the Last Millennium
Author
Roland Gehrels
Copyright Year
2005
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-1903-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4020-3880-8

Copyright Year: 2005

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3880-1_270