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Re: Sea level rise (off-topic)
From: hellos
Date: 2006 Jul 8, 11:00 -0500
From: hellos
Date: 2006 Jul 8, 11:00 -0500
"But once you start filling up your bathrom (and your basement) I think you loose the colinearity." And there have been specific events documented with the earth's oceans that are perfectly analagous to this. The Mediterranean Sea supposedly was once dry. Once the Atlantic rose to a certain height it literally "breached" the highlands running from Gibraltar to Africa, breaking through them and filling the Mediterranean Basin. Analogous to pulling the drain plug for the Atlantic Ocean. Once the level went 'up' enough to breach the highland, the highland collapsed and the drain plug was pulled, the level then went DOWN. I'm told the same thing filled the Baltic, and some historians think massive floods of this nature account for the story of Noah's Ark and many widely spread similar tales. There have also been massive floods in the US west, apparently as glaciers retreated and waters built up, the same thing happened, i.e. a highland breached and huge volumes of water were let out, on a scale we can't imagine today. Sea level volumes would only share a linear correlation to sea level height in a uniform and static system, i.e. if the sea were in an even bowl or tube. But given the uneven land masses, the inland basins, and the effects of rising sea levels on global climate, ice shelves at the poles, etc. it is a very rough "uniform" relationship at best. Once the land was all submerged, the relationship would be more uniform...if there was another source of water.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---