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Sea-surface Changes: Where Do We Go From Here?

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‘The response of the earth to transient loads of ice or water provides the most explicit information available about the non-elastic properties of the mantle.’ This statement from Crittenden (1967) encapsulates one of the most important applications of sea-level studies: an understanding of the structure and dynamics of the earth’s crust. More specifically, ‘delevelled shorelines are eloquent testimony to the outer structure of the earth and its behaviour under stress’ (Pirazzoli and Grant, 1986). As such the analysis of sea-level data presents an effective means of investigating the rheological properties of the earth and recent lithospheric deformation.

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Devoy, R.J.N. (1987). Sea-surface Changes: Where Do We Go From Here?. In: Devoy, R.J.N. (eds) Sea Surface Studies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1146-9_21

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