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    The sea-level curve (also known as the eustatic curve) is the representation of the changes of the sea level relative to present day mean sea level as...
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    Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights...
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    Global or eustatic sea level has fluctuated significantly over Earth's history. The main factors affecting sea level are the amount and volume of available...
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    Between 1901 and 2018, average global sea level rose by 15–25 cm (6–10 in), an average of 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) per year. This rate accelerated to 4...
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  • of sea level rise in the sea level curves. A highstand systems tract (HST) occurs during the late stage of base level rise when the rate of sea level rise...
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  • level Global Sea Level Observing System North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System Sea-level curve Sea level rise Sea level drop World Geodetic...
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    most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Vertical...
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    chronostratigraphy. One important development is the Vail curve, which attempts to define a global historical sea-level curve according to inferences from worldwide stratigraphic...
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    a eustatic sea level rise. Thus, in areas of both eustatic and isostatic or tectonic influences, the course of the relative sea level curve can be complicated...
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    Bank, are very steep. The Banks were dry land during past ice ages, when sea level was as much as 120 meters (390 feet) lower than at present; the area of...
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