| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 232 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
International geophysics series ; v. 75 |
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International geophysics series ; v. 75.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
An introduction to sea level / Bruce C. Douglas -- Late Holocene sea level variations / Michael S. Kearney -- Sea level change in the era of the recording tide gauge / Bruce C. Douglas -- Global glacial isostatic adjustment and modern instrumental records of relative sea level history / W.R. Peltier -- Impoundment, groundwater mining, and other hydrologic transformations : impacts on global sea level rise / Vivien Gornitz -- Observations of sea level change from satellite altimetry / R. Steven Nerem and Gary T. Mitchum -- Decadal variability of sea level / W. Sturges and B.G. Hong -- Social and economic costs of sea level rise / Stephen P. Leatherman. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Sea Level Rise, History and Consequences includes a special emphasis on the evidence for historical sea level change; case studies are used to demonstrate the resulting consequences. A CD-ROM is included which contain tide gauge data and trends of relative sea level from the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. The material on the CD-ROM is either in the form of text files, or web sites that can be opened by widely available web-browsers. Sea level is expected to rise as much as 60-100 centimeters over the next century due to greenhouse-induced global warming -- or at least that is what the some scientists predict. However, the concept of sea level is extremely complex, which makes the prediction of sea level rise anything but certain. The reviewers are in consensus in enthusiastically endorsing this comprehensive book and CD-ROM treatment. This book will be a comprehensive review of the subject using the data themselves (on CD-ROM) to illustrate the principles involved, rather than detailed mathematical treatments. The book should be readily accessible to upper division and first-year graduate students in the environmental sciences, geography, geology, and other interdisciplinary fields. Four pages (up to 16 pages) of color in the printed text. The book will have wide appeal. It will be read by geologists, geophysicists, climatologists, oceanographers, meteorologists, environmental scientists, geomorphologists, coastal engineers, and policy makers in all of these fields. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Sea level.
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Mer -- Niveau.
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sea level.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Sea level
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Meeresspiegelschwankung
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Observations
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| Added Author |
Douglas, B. C. (Bruce C.)
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Kearney, Michael S.
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Leatherman, Stephen P.
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| In: |
International geophysics series no:75 0074-6142 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Sea level rise. San Diego : Academic Press, 2001 0122213459 9780122213458 (DLC) 00104280 (OCoLC)44915793 |
| ISBN |
9780080516790 (electronic bk.) |
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0080516793 (electronic bk.) |
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0122213459 |
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9780122213458 |
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1281059005 |
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9781281059000 |
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9786611059002 |
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6611059008 |
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9780122213458 |
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0122213459 (alk. paper) |
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0122213467 |
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9780122213465 |
| Standard No. |
9780122213458 |
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AU@ 000048129527 |
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AU@ 000054163649 |
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DEBBG BV039831819 |
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DEBBG BV042309057 |
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DEBBG BV043113006 |
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DEBSZ 367773376 |
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DEBSZ 422169250 |
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DEBSZ 482439653 |
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GBVCP 802390293 |
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NZ1 12434884 |
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AU@ 000075307113 |
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