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Mediterranean future sea level Maximum (MedMax)

Compilation of the post glacial RSL changes along the western mediterranean basin.

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Date ( Creation )
2014-01-01T00:00:00
Status
Completed
Originator
  CEREGE UMR 7330 CNRS - Matteo Vacchi ( Postdoc )
Europôle de l'Arbois BP 80 , Aix en Provence , Bouches du Rhône , 13100 , France
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Sea level
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 INSPIRE themes ( Theme )
  • Geology
Access constraints
Restricted
Use constraints
otherRestictions
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
12000 BP
End date
modern
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Reference system identifier
WGS 1984
OnLine resource
MedMax ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related )
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Dataset
Statement

Global sea-level rise is the result of an increase in the ocean volume, which evolves from changes in ocean mass due to melting of continental glaciers and ice sheets, and expansion of ocean water as it warms. The elevation of ocean surface relatively to the ocean floor is defined as a 'relative sea level' (RSL), and any shift on height of either of these two surfaces produces a RSL change. RSL varies due to a variety of processes, acting at different time scales. In the long term these factors are eustatic, deformation of the solid earth and tectonic. Our understanding of current rates of sea-level rise from tide gauge and satellite data, and of the ongoing mass loss from the major ice sheets requires correction for glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) effects that are both calibrated to, and independently tested by, observations of former sea levels.

This project aims to create a database of Holocene (last 10 ka) geological data across the Mediterranean basin. This represents a tool of fundamental importance for understanding and tuning GIA models and to assess sea level rise hazards, which are particularly magnified in low-lying or subsiding coastal areas. In the Mediterranean, different kinds of RSL markers have been used to reconstruct RSLs: biological, sedimentological, geomorphological and archaeological. The production of such great amount of literature, which is still rapidly growing in number, has led to the obvious consequence of fragmented information, only occasionally reviewed in some localities, but never collected into an organic database to be analysed at the scale of the Mediterranean basin.

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Metadata language
en
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2020-10-20T15:26:23
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Originator
  CEREGE UMR 7330 CNRS - Matteo Vacchi ( Postdoc )
Europôle de l'Arbois BP 80 , Aix en Provence , Bouches du Rhône , 13100 , France
 
 

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Keywords

Sea level
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Geology

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