Cretaceous Sea Level Rise
Down Memory Lane and the Road Ahead

Explores short-term sea-level changes and the reason behind this, regional (tectonic) or global (eustatic) and determines their possible relation to climate cycles.

Mu Ramkumar (Author)

9780128054147

Paperback, published 11 November 2015

68 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 0.6 cm, 0.11 kg

Approx.60 pages

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsSections • Origin and development of the Sea Level Resear• Sea level cycles: Causes and consequences• Applications of Sea level Cycles and curves• Cretaceous Sea level cycles: What do we know and what we don't know• Current understanding on the scales and resolution of Cretaceous sea level cycles• Cretaceous Palaeoclimatic cycles and Implications• Tools and their reliability and applicability• Concluding remarks- The road ahead

Subject Areas: Physical geography & topography [RGB], Oceanography [seas RBKC], Hydrology & the hydrosphere [RBK]