Two millennia of sea level data: The key to predicting change

W.R. Gehrels; B.P. Horton; A.C. Kemp; D. Sivan

doi:10.1029/2011EO350001

Two millennia of sea level data: The key to predicting change

W.R. Gehrels, B.P. Horton, A.C. Kemp, D. Sivan

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Sea level reconstructions spanning the late Holocene (the past 2000 years) provide a preindustrial context for understanding the patterns and causes of contemporary and future change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assumed that global sea level change during the past two millennia (prior to the middle of the nineteenth century) was close to zero [Bindoff et al., 2007], but understanding of late Holocene sea level variability is limited. Glaciers and ice sheets changed significantly in size during this period, and therefore sea level likely oscillated on the order of several decimeters. In addition, ocean dynamics, solid Earth movements, steric (density) changes, and gravitational effects contributed to complex regional patterns of sea level change.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	289-290
Number of pages	2
Journal	EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
Volume	92
Issue number	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2011EO350001
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2011

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