Sea-level curve
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sea-level-curve-261-5936869
title:
Sea-level curve
text:
The sea-level curve is the representation of the changes of the sea level relative to present day mean sea level as gleaned from the stratigraphic record throughout the geological history. The first such curve is the Vail curve or Exxon curve. The names of the curve refer to the fact that in 1977 a team of Exxon geologists from Esso Production Research headed by Peter Vail published a monograph on seismic stratigraphic principles and global (eustati)) sea-level changes. Their sea-level curve was
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Graphic representation of changes of sea level through geological history
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-level_curve
date created:
date modified:
2023-04-29T10:35:12Z
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image:
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