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Science 29 October 1976:
Vol. 194. no. 4264, pp. 519 - 521
DOI: 10.1126/science.194.4264.519
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Sea Level Variations in the Northwest Mediterranean During Roman Times

PAOLO A. PIRAZZOLI 1

1 Laboratoire de Géomorphologie, École Pratique des Hautes Études, 35800 Dinard, France

Archeological remains indicate an average rise of sea level of 7.5 centimeters per 100 years from 300 B.C. to A.D. 150. At A.D. 0 mean sea level was about 0.5 meter below the present value. Eustatic fluctuations have not exceeded 0.15 meter.

Submitted on May 18, 1976
Revised on July 27, 1976


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