Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton

Research project: Quaternary sea-level changes

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Sea level changes in the Quaternary record the variations in global ice volume. Other records provide insight into concomitant variations in the atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane concentrations, and fluctuations in regional to global temperature, hydrology, and deep-water ventilation.

Project Overview

To understand the interactions between the world's great ice sheets and these critical aspects of the wider global climate system, it is essential that we develop a detailed knowledge about the magnitudes, timing, and rates of sea-level variability. We have developed a new method for the development of stratigraphically continuous records of sea-level change, using oxygen isotope data from the Red Sea.

For more information, see our webpages: http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/palaeo/Research/Research_Topic6_v1.php.

Contact: Professor Eelco Rohling

Related research groups

Palaeoceanography and Palaeoclimate

Publications

Key Publications

Rohling, E. J., Marsh, R., Wells, N. C., Siddall, M., & Edwards, N. R. (2004). Similar meltwater contributions to glacial sea level changes from Antarctic and northern ice sheets. Nature, 430(7003), 1016-1021. DOI: 10.1038/nature02859

Siddall, M., Bard, E., Rohling, E. J., & Hemleben, C. (2006). Sea-level reversal during Termination II. Geology, 34(10), 817-820. DOI: 10.1130/G22705.1

Siddall, M., Rohling, E., Almogi-Labin, A., Hemleben, C., Meischner, D., Schmelzer, I., & Smeed, D. A. (2003). Sea-level fluctuations during the last glacial cycle. Nature, 423(6942), 853-858. DOI: 10.1038/nature01690

Siddall, M., Smeed, D. A., Hemleben, C., Rohling, E. J., Schmelzer, I., & Peltier, W. R. (2004). Understanding the Red Sea response to sea level. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 225(3-4), 421-434. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.06.008

Siddall, M., Smeed, D. A., Matthiesen, S., & Rohling, E. J. (2002). Modelling the seasonal cycle of the exchange flow in Bab el Mandab (Red Sea). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 49(9), 1551-1569. DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00043-2

Staff

EJ Rohling (Professor of Ocean and Climate Change)

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