TITLE:
Rotational Eustasy as Observed in Nature
AUTHORS:
Nils-Axel Mörner
KEYWORDS:
Sea Level Changes, Rotational Eustasy, Shore Morphology, Stratigraphy, Biological Criteria, Historical Data
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Geosciences,
Vol.10 No.7,
July
31,
2019
ABSTRACT: Observational facts from the Maldives, Goa and Bangladesh in the Indian Ocean and from Fiji and New Caledonia in the Pacific record a high sea level in the 17th century, a low sea level in the 18th century, a high sea level in the early 19th century and a stable sea level in the last 50 - 70 years. This cannot be understood in terms of glacial eustasy (or in terms of steric effects or tectonics), only in terms of rotational eustasy. The present paper gives a summary of the observational facts behind the formulation of the novel concept of rotational eustasy. It reveals a common trend of sea level changes, which is opposed to the sea level changes in the northern hemisphere, and the global climatic changes in general. Rotational eustasy offers a logical explanation.