| 008 |
|
150717n^^^^^^^^xx^||||^o^^^^^|||^u^eng^d |
| 245 |
00 |
|a Sea level history of the northern Gulf of Mexico coast and sea level rise scenarios for the near future |h [electronic resource] |y English. |
| 260 |
|
|a [S.l.] : |b Springer, |c 2011. |
| 490 |
|
|a Climatic Change Volume 107. |
| 506 |
|
|a Please contact the owning institution for licensing and permissions. It is the user's responsibility to ensure use does not violate any third party rights. |
| 520 |
3 |
|a The sea level history of the northern Gulf ofMexico during recent geologic
time has closely followed global eustatic sea level change. Regional effects due to
tectonics and glacio-isostasy have been minimal. Over the past several million years
the northernGulf coast, likemost stable coastal regions of the globe, has experienced
major swings of sea level below and above present level, accompanied by major
shifts in shoreline position. During advances of the northern hemisphere ice sheets,
sea level dropped by more than 100 m, extending the shoreline in places more than
100 km onto the shelf. For much of the period since the last glacial maximum (LGM),
20,000 years ago, the region has seen rates of sea level rise far in excess of those
experienced during the period represented by long-term tide gauges. The regional
tide gauge record reveals that sea level has been rising at about 2 mm/year for the
past century, while the average rate of rise since the LGM has been 6 mm/year, with
some periods of abrupt rise exceeding 40 mm/year. During times of abrupt rise, Gulf
of Mexico shorelines were drowned in place and overstepped. The relative stability
of modern coastal systems is due primarily to stabilization of sea level approximately
6,000 years ago, resulting in the slow rates of rise experienced during historic time.
Recent model projections of sea level rise over the next century and beyond may
move northern Gulf coastal environments into a new equilibrium regime, more
similar to that experienced during the deglaciation than that which has existed during
historic time. |
| 533 |
|
|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2015. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
| 773 |
0 |
|t Sea level history of the northern Gulf of Mexico coast and sea level rise scenarios for the near future |
| 852 |
|
|a dpSobek |c Sea Level Rise |
| 856 |
40 |
|u http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI15061993/00001 |y Click here for full text |
| 856 |
42 |
|3 Host material |u http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-011-0077-x#page-1 |y Sea level history of the northern Gulf of Mexico coast and sea level rise scenarios for the near future |
| 992 |
04 |
|a http://dpanther.fiu.edu/sobek/content/FI/15/06/19/93/00001/FI15061993thm.jpg |
