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TABLE 3-2 

 ESTIMATES OF GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE 

 (cm per century) 



Author 



Thorarinsson (1940) 



Gutenberg (1941) 



Kuenen (1950) 



Lisitzin (1958) 



Wexler (1961) 



Fairbridge and Krebs (1962) 



Hicks (1978) 



Emery (1980) 



Gornitz et al (1982) 



Barnett (1983) 



Estimate 

 > 5 cm 



11 + 8 cm 



12 to 14 cm 

 11.2 + 3.6 cm 

 11.8 cm 



12 cm 



15 cm (U.S. only) 



30 cm 



12 cm (10 cm excluding 



long-term trend) 

 15 cm 



Sources: Adopted from Barnett (1983) and Hicks (1978) 



