Relative sea level (RSL) is defined as the sea level that is observed with respect to a land-based reference frame.[1] It is often contrasted with eustatic sea level, which is a measure of the total mass or volume of the oceans. Relative sea level can change by the processes changing eustatic sea level (e.g., ice melt and thermal expansion), but also by changes on land such as subsidence and isostatic rebound.
In sequence stratigraphy, relative sea level is similarly defined as the distance from the ocean surface to the bottom of the sediment on the ocean floor.[2] Therefore, relative sea level is independent of the thickness of the sediment layer at the bottom of the ocean, which makes it a different concept than water depth.
Relativesealevel (RSL) is defined as the sealevel that is observed with respect to a land-based reference frame. It is often contrasted with eustatic...
Mean sealevel (MSL, often shortened to sealevel) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights...
Therefore, local relativesealevel rise may be higher or lower than the global average. Changing ice masses also affect the distribution of sea water around...
contained in a single basin. Eustatic sealevel is not relative to local surfaces, because relativesealevel depends on many factors - including tectonics...
Sealevel drop refers to the phenomenon in which the shrinking weights of melting glaciers cause the surrounding land to rise and the relativesea level...
was developed for a temperature of 15 °C and a relative humidity of 0%. At low altitudes above sealevel, the pressure decreases by about 1.2 kPa (12 hPa)...
the shoreline by a relative fall in the sealevel. Around the world, a combination of tectonic coastal uplift and Quaternary sea-level fluctuations has...
units primarily in terms of changes in relativesealevel (the combination of global changes in eustatic sealevel and regional subsidence caused by tectonic...
either volcanic or nonvolcanic origin below sealevel. Then, when relativesealevel drops below the level of the flat surface of coral reef, it is exposed...
isostatic rebound with implications of total isostatic depression and relativesealevel". Quaternary Research. 78 (1): 110–118. Bibcode:2012QuRes..78..110O...
Global or eustatic sealevel has fluctuated significantly over Earth's history. The main factors affecting sealevel are the amount and volume of available...
"Recommended relative humidity level", The engineering toolbox, archived from the original on 2013-05-11, retrieved 2013-05-01, Relative humidity above...
Water level, also known as gauge height or stage, is the elevation of the free surface of a sea, stream, lake or reservoir relative to a specified vertical...
Borneo and Palawan was shorter, and the sealevel was lower, than today. During this period, the relativesealevel decreased to about −130 m (−430 ft) due...
Barents Sea environment and conservation. Zeeberg, JaapJan; David J. Lubinski; Steven L. Forman (September 2001). "Holocene RelativeSeaLevel History...
measuring the change in sealevelrelative to a vertical datum.[citation needed] It is also known as a mareograph, marigraph, and sea-level recorder When applied...
the geoid relative to a given ellipsoid of reference. The undulation is not standardized, as different countries use different mean sealevels as reference...
quantify and date changes in relativesealevel in seismically active areas, and to provide information on changes in sea surface temperature using oxygen...
that they may alternate between periods of high and low relativesealevels. High relativesealevel leads to increased oceanicity, while the opposite leads...
the relativesealevel, only limited number of processes can cause it. According to Schlager, only anomalously quick rise of relativesealevel or benthic...
Jensen, J. F. (1997). "Ancient Eskimo dwelling sites and Holocene relativesea-level changes in southern Disko Bugt, central West Greenland". Polar Research...
(1452–1519) would reinvigorate the relationships between stratification, relativesea-level change, and time, denouncing attribution of fossils to the 'Deluge':...
change and relativesea-level rise, the dikes will eventually have to be made higher and wider. This is a long term uphill battle against the sea. The needed...
climate, relativesealevel and biota make old surfaces unlikely to be of a single origin. Peneplains that are detached from their base level are identified...
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