Dynamics of Long-Term Sea-Level Change and Vertical Motion of Continents

• Main Author: Spasojevic, Sonja
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: California Institute of Technology 2011
• Subjects: Vertical motion of continents; Geophysics; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Geodynamics, Mantle convection; Long-term sea-level change; Ross Sea; Pacific; Indian; New Zealand; Campbell Plateau; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7907/c7pg-qn55; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12012010-122030085

We formulate and apply dynamic models to better understand mantle processes and evolution, the vertical motion of continents, and regional and global sea-level change since 100 Ma. We show that evolving mid-to-upper mantle upwellings explain observed anomalously shallow bathymetry, the negative geoi...