Sea Level Change
- Created by: Brad_ers_B
- Created on: 30-04-14 20:40
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- Sea Level Change
- Eustatic
- These changes due to the rise of the sea since the end of the ice age
- These changes are worldwide
- Rise in temperature causes rising sea levels due a) melting ice caps and b) thermal expansion of water
- Fall in temperature causes a fall in sea level due to a) water thermally shrinks and b) more water is stored as ice
- Isostatic
- These are changes due to movement of the land since the end of the ice age
- These changes are variable and local
- Eustatic
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