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Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology / Where did the water go?
« on: 15/09/2010 21:53:25 »
The estimates that Ive seen are around 150-200m, but this number is subject to variation of course. There were no land masses at the poles, and therefore no icecaps. This could contribute more than 100m of sea level rise (dont remember the exact figure), and since the earth was up to 7C warmer than today on average, thermal expansion of the surface ocean would have been pretty extreme. My guess would be somewhere in the tens of meters.
Ill see if I can find more.
Ill see if I can find more.