Eustatic sea level

The eustatic sea level is the distance from the center of the earth to the sea surface.[1][2] An increase of the eustatic sea level can be generated by decreasing glaciation, slower spreading rates of the mid-ocean ridges or fewer mid-oceanic ridges. Conversely increasing glaciation, faster spreading rates or more mid-ocean ridges lead to a rise of the eustatic sea level.

Changes in the eustatic sea level lead to changes in accommodation and therefore affect the deposition of sediments in marine environments.

References

  1. ↑ Patzkowsky, Mark E.; Holland, Steven M. (2012). Stratigraphic Paleobiology. Chicago: University of Chicago University Press. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Schlager, Wolfgang (2005). Carbonate Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy. Tulsa: Society for Sedimentary Geology. p. 92. ISBN 1-56576-116-2.
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