TY - JOUR
T1 - Two millennia of sea level data
T2 - The key to predicting change
AU - Gehrels, W. Roland
AU - Horton, Benjamin P.
AU - Kemp, Andrew C.
AU - Sivan, Dorit
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052533466&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1029/2011EO350001
DO - 10.1029/2011EO350001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052533466
VL - 92
SP - 289
EP - 290
JO - Trans Amer Geophys Union
JF - Trans Amer Geophys Union
SN - 0096-3941
IS - 35
ER -
