Recentes variations du niveau des mers et des terres

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Abstract
Measurements of mean sea level from 1885 to 1951 reveal a eustatic rise of 1.3 mm per thousand years, probably due in part to the rapid melting of glaciers in recent time. Superposed on this are the effects of regional deformation, which, apart from isostatic adjustment to deglaciation, consist of subsidence in areas of heavy sedimentation (up to a maximum of 4.1 mm) and uplift along rocky coasts where sedimentation is negligible (up to 3.77 mm). The present rate of change is of the same order as that associated with past transgressions of the sea and epeirogenic and orogenic movements.

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