Coursework.Info - Inspiration in an Instant

On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:

Sea Level Change a) Describe the processes of isostatic and eustatic sea level change Both isostatic and eustatic changes relate to oscillations of sea level on local, regional or global scale. Eustatic changes are the result of an increase or decrease in global water volume and isostatic changes involve changes in the height of the land relative to the sea. A "hot spot" for isostatic and eustatic change is during ice ages. During the last ice age, approximately 18,000 years BP, it was thought that sea levels were up to 150 metres below what they are at today meaning that it was possible to walk to France or Ireland. This was due to glacio-eustaticy, when water is frozen and turned into ice caps which cover land mass, causing a massive drop in sea levels. This is followed by the melting of these ice caps during interglacial periods, where sea level rises...

Get instant access

• Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
• Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
• To see the full version of this document and 150,044 others