Towards a Global Reconciliation of Last Interglacial Sea Level Observations (NSF)

PI: Dr. Andrea Dutton, Asst. Professor, Geology, UF

Filed Under: Water

Abstract: This 3-year study will examine the dynamics of ice sheets and sea level change during a warm period in earth's history. his research will involve field work in the Seychelles, Bahamas, and Jamaica to constrain the position of sea level in the far- and near- field of the large ice sheets that exist during glacial periods. These observational data will be reconciled with glacial isostatic modeling to understand the behavior of globally averaged, or eustatic, sea level change.

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