The Sea Level Equation, Theory and Numerical Examples: Theory for a Spherically Symmetric Earth and Numerical Results

Spada, Giorgio/ Melini, Daniele

ISBN 10: 3031905377 / ISBN 13: 9783031905377

Published by Springer Nature, 2025

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250 pages. 9.26x6.11x9.21 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sea Level Equation, Theory and Numerical Examples: Theory for a Spherically Symmetric Earth and Numerical Results
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3031905377
• ISBN 13: 9783031905377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.76 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book aims at presenting a synthetic but self-contained theory of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA), firmly grounded on physics and mathematics. However, at the same time, it also describes various phenomenological aspects, making it appealing also to a broad audience of Earth scientists not having a technical background. The interest on GIA is motivated by the entangled processes involved, reflecting interactions between the solid Earth, the oceans, and the cryosphere. In the context of climate change, GIA has a special role. For example, ground or space-based geodetic methods aimed at observing the mass balance variations of the contemporary ice sheets require a GIA correction before they can be suitably interpreted. For these reasons, GIA modeling has seen a considerable development recently, with a growing attention by a broad audience of scientists in the fields of geophysics, geology, geodesy, and Earth system science.