Amid widespread concern over changes in ocean levels resulting from the greenhouse effect, this is the first book exclusively dedicated to sea-level changes in the Phanerozoic Eon, the time ranging from 590 million years ago to the present. This account will appeal to specialists and non-specialists alike.
Techniques of study; Palaeozoic era; Mesozoic era; Cenozoic era; relationship with other global changes; cause of sea-level change.
Anthony Hallam is Lapworth Professor in the School of Earth Science at the University of Birmingham, England.