The Phanerozoic Record of Global Sea-Level Change
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · +6 more institutions
Abstract
We review Phanerozoic sea-level changes [543 million years ago (Ma) to the present] on various time scales and present a new sea-level record for the past 100 million years (My). Long-term sea level peaked at 100 +/- 50 meters during the Cretaceous, implying that ocean-crust production rates were much lower than previously inferred. Sea level mirrors oxygen isotope variations, reflecting ice-volume change on the 10(4)- to 10(6)-year scale, but a link between oxygen isotope and sea level on the 10(7)-year scale must be due to temperature changes that we attribute to tectonically controlled carbon dioxide variations. Sea-level change has influenced phytoplankton evolution, ocean chemistry, and the loci of…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 49.32
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- 100%
- References
- 48
Authors
10- KGKenneth G. MillerCorresponding
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States Geological Survey, Western Michigan University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, University of Oregon, Columbia University
- MAMichelle A. Kominz
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States Geological Survey, Western Michigan University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, University of Oregon, Columbia University
- JVJames V. Browning
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States Geological Survey, Western Michigan University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, University of Oregon, Columbia University
- JDJames D. Wright
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States Geological Survey, Western Michigan University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, University of Oregon, Columbia University
- GSGregory S. Mountain
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States Geological Survey, Western Michigan University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, University of Oregon, Columbia University
Topics & keywords
- Phanerozoic
- Oceanography
- Geology
- Sea level
- Ephemeral key
- Siliciclastic
- Northern Hemisphere
- Climate change
- Life below water