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Handbook of sea-level research: framing research questions
Shennan, I. (2015). Handbook of sea-level research: framing research questions, in: Shennan, I. et al. Handbook of sea-level research. pp. 3-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118452547.ch2
In: Shennan, I.; Long, A.J.; Horton, B.P. (Ed.) (2015). Handbook of sea-level research. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester. ISBN 978-1-13-9235-77-8. xiv, 581, a36 pp. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118452547, more

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    Many studies of sea-level change are implicitly inductive, depending on inferences and reasoning, where extrapolations may be made to develop generalizations. An inductive approach typically follows a line of reasoning from experience, the argument following a route from describing the effect and leading to an account of the cause. The approach of multiple working hypotheses has many advantages. A key stage in the approach is the formulation of each potential idea, hunch, and hypothesis in a testable form. In scientific literature sea level is relative in two respects: elevation relative to the surface of the Earth, and elevation relative to the present. In many studies sea-level index points are described as observations, often to separate them from estimates or predictions from glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) models. Relative sea-level change always includes both time, relative to present or another clearly defined zero, and elevation, between the sea surface and land surface.

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