Objective
TO STUDY THE MECHANISMS AND IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL CHANGES IN EUROPE.
THE JOINT PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH CAN BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR MAJOR PARTS : PART 1 - AN INVESTIGATION OF EUROPEAN SEA LEVEL TRENDS USING GEOLOGICAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL DATA FROM THE RELATIVELY RECENT PAST. PART 2 - A SET OF ANALYSES OF EUROPEAN TIDE GAUGE DATA FROM THE LAST TWO CENTURIES. PART 3 - PREDICTIONS OF THE AMPLITUDES AND TIMESCALES OF FUTURE SEA LEVEL CHANGES TOGETHER WITH ESTIMATES OF CHANGE IN THE FREQUENCY AND MAGNITUDE OF STORM SURGES. PART 4 - AN ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL TYPES OF IMPACTS ON COASTAL AREAS DUE TO FUTURE SEA LEVEL RISE AN THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION TOGETHER WITH A SURVEY OF THOSE AREAS OF EUROPE ALREADY EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT RATES OF CHANGES IN SEA LEVEL. DURHAM UNIVERSITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO PART 1 AND 4. IN PART 1 EXISTING GEOLOGICAL DATA AND PUBLISHED SEA LEVEL RECORDS FOR THE HOLOCENE PERIOD WILL BE COMBINED AS A COMPUTERISED DATA BASE FOR THE EC.THE DATA WILL BE ANALYSED TO ESTABLISH LOCAL LONG TERM TRENDS OF SEA LEVEL MOVEMENTS AND COMPARED WITH THE RECENT TRENDS FROM TIDE GAUGE RECORDS. THE COMPILATION OF THE COMPUTERISED DATABASE WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THE WORK CARRIED OUT BY CNRS (PARIS) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CORK IN THE COLLATION AND CRITICAL REVIEW OF SUCH DATA. NEW SEA LEVEL DATA WILL BE OBTAINED FOR SOUTHERN ENGLAND USING STRATIGRAPHIC SURVEY, LABORATORY ANALYSES AND RADIOCARBON DATING. THESE DATA WILL ENHANCE THE EXISTING DATABASE FOR AN AREA OF IMPORTANT INTEREST IN TERMS OF SEA LEVEL AND CRUSTAL FACTORS. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS ALREADY CARRIED OUT, CONCERNING THREE PRESSURE POINT COASTAL AREAS IN THE UK WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE METHODOLOGY FOR INTEGRATING SEA LEVEL RISE SCENARIOS WITH SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS. THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS APPROACH BEING EXTENDED TO LOW-LYING COASTAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE EC WILL BE INVESTIGATED USING DATA SUPPLIED BY OTHER INSTITUTES WITHIN THE PROJECT (RIJKS GEOLOGISCHE DIENST, HAARLEM, AND UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI) AND WITH ANY OTHER HELP SOLICITED FROM INSTITUTIONS WITH DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS IN THEIR COUNTRY.
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DH1 3LE DURHAM
United Kingdom
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