Cretaceous Sea Level Rise: Down Memory Lane and the Road Ahead

Cretaceous Sea Level Rise delves into the question of whether the observed short-term sea-level changes are regional (tectonic) or global (eustatic) and determines their possible relation to climate cycles; to assess the role of feedback mechanisms, i.e. thermal expansion/contraction of seawater, subsidence due to loading by water, changing vegetation of the Earth System and to investigate the relation of sea-level highs and lows to ocean anoxia and oxidation events, represented by black shales and oceanic red beds, and to evaluate the evidence for ephemeral glacial episodes or other climate events.

Though research has been, and is being, conducted in these fields since the introduction of sea level cycles and sequence development concepts in the 1970"s, the available information is scattered. Cretaceous Sea Level Rise presents the current understanding and future directions of the research on Cretaceous sea level cycles in a single source, forming a reference work for beginners, graduates and postgraduates who are interested in this subject.

Authored by an expert in Sea Level Rise, with over 15 years’ experienceConcludes with a section that looks to the future of sea level changeThe only source to combine the current understanding and future directions of the research on Cretaceous sea level cycles in one place

Preface
Acknowledgments
Sections
• Origin and development of the Sea Level Resear
• Sea level cycles: Causes and consequences
• Applications of Sea level Cycles and curves
• Cretaceous Sea level cycles: What do we know and what we don't know
• Current understanding on the scales and resolution of Cretaceous sea level cycles
• Cretaceous Palaeoclimatic cycles and Implications
• Tools and their reliability and applicability
• Concluding remarks- The road ahead