World Atlas of Holocene Sea-Level Changes (eBook)
299 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-087096-0 (ISBN)
Comparing this data with trends deduced from tide gauges and near-future trends predicted by climate models, should enable more accurate assessment of near future sea-level changes on a local scale. The regional plates are fully annotated with locations, authors' names, year of publication and some indicative values of the spring tidal range in the region, as well as an accompanying text of comments.
Finally, the author provides a state of the art review, proposes improvements in methodology and suggests directions for further study. An extensive bibliography of over 750 references, and two indexes complete the study. This comprehensive work contains data and interpretations of value to all those with an interest in regional geography, climatology, sea-level change, and environmental science.
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 comparing these with over 100 curves predicted by geophysical models. This data is compiled in 77 regional plates, each containing 4-20 relative sea-level curves drawn to the same scale. These plates enable a visual assessment of geological trends in sea-level during the Holocene to be made.Comparing this data with trends deduced from tide gauges and near-future trends predicted by climate models, should enable more accurate assessment of near future sea-level changes on a local scale. The regional plates are fully annotated with locations, authors' names, year of publication and some indicative values of the spring tidal range in the region, as well as an accompanying text of comments.Finally, the author provides a state of the art review, proposes improvements in methodology and suggests directions for further study. An extensive bibliography of over 750 references, and two indexes complete the study. This comprehensive work contains data and interpretations of value to all those with an interest in regional geography, climatology, sea-level change, and environmental science.
Front Cover 1
World Atlas of Holocene Sea-Level Changes 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 10
Preface 6
Acknowledgements 7
PART 1: INTRODUCTION 12
Historical background 12
Possible causes of sea-level changes 17
How sea-level changes are studied 21
Aims of this Atlas 40
How to consult the Atlas 41
PART 2: REGIONAL SEA–LEVEL CHANGES 44
Svalbard - Franz Joseph Land 44
Fennoscandia: Introduction 46
Norway 50
North Norway - Kola Peninsula 50
Central Norway 54
Southwest Norway 57
Oslofjord 57
Denmark - The Kattegat 59
Southwest & South Sweden
Southeast Sweden 61
Northeast Sweden 64
Finland 66
East Baltic coasts 70
Germany: Baltic 72
Germany: North Sea 73
The Netherlands 76
British Isles: Introduction 80
Southeast Britain 80
Scotland 83
Ireland 85
Northwest England 87
North and West Wales 88
Bristol Channel 88
English Channel 93
British Isles: Conclusion 93
Atlantic France 95
The Mediterranean: Introduction 99
Central Mediterranean 100
The Aegean 104
The Levant, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea 110
West Africa 116
West Indian Ocean 122
Northeast Indian Ocean 124
Vietnam - South China 129
East China - Korea 133
Arctic & Pacific USSR
Japan: Introduction 138
North Japan 140
Central Japan 142
West Japan 145
South Japan 146
Taiwan - Micronesia 151
Melanesia 155
Polynesia 158
New Zealand 160
Australia 166
The west coasts of the Americas 173
Antarctica 182
The east coasts of South America 185
West Indies - Bermuda 187
Guiana - Central America 193
The Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic shelf of the United States of America 193
The Atlantic coast of the United States of America: Introduction 196
Florida - Carolina 199
Virginia - Delaware 201
New Jersey - New York - Connecticut 203
Massachusetts 205
New Hampshire - Maine 207
Development and deglaciation of the Laurentide ice sheet 209
New Brunswick - Nova Scotia 211
Prince Edward Island 215
St. Lawrence River & Gulf
Newfoundland Island 221
Labrador 224
Hudson Bay 224
Foxe Basin - Baffin Island 228
Beaufort Sea - Melville I. - Somerset I. 232
Ellesmere and Devon Islands 234
Greenland 236
PART 3: CONCLUSIONS 240
PART 4: REFERENCES 250
LOCALITY INDEX 292
AUTHOR INDEX 302
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.11.1991 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-08-087096-1 / 0080870961 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-08-087096-0 / 9780080870960 |
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