Speculations on real sea-level changes and vertical motions of continents at selected times in the Cretaceous and Tertiary Periods

Research Article| April 01, 1978 Speculations on real sea-level changes and vertical motions of continents at selected times in the Cretaceous and Tertiary Periods Gerard Bond Gerard Bond 1Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Gerard Bond 1Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1978) 6 (4): 247–250. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1978)62.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Gerard Bond; Speculations on real sea-level changes and vertical motions of continents at selected times in the Cretaceous and Tertiary Periods. Geology 1978;; 6 (4): 247–250. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1978)62.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Percentages of continental areas that were flooded during a transgression plotted on the corresponding hypsometric curves may be used to distinguish between (1) substantial posttransgressive change in continental hypsometries and (2) a transgression caused by a sea-level rise followed by little change in continental hypsometries. The method, applied to percentages of flooding during Albian, late Campanian to early Maestrichtian, Eocene, and Miocene time intervals, reveals substantial changes in continental hypsometries, especially in Africa, North America, Australia, and Europe. The data also appear to give a rough approximation of the real elevation of sea level for the same four time intervals. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.