denoting or relating to worldwide changes in sea level, caused by the melting of ice sheets, movements of the ocean floor, sedimentation, etc
Derived forms
eustasy or eustacy (ˈjuːstəsɪ)
noun
eustatically (euˈstatically)
adverb
Word origin
C20: from Greek, from eu- + static
Examples of 'eustatic' in a sentence
eustatic
All reported hiatuses record the eustatic falls.
Ruban Dmitry A., Rogerson Michael, Pedley Martyn H. 2010, 'Do major neogene hiatuses in the Ciscaucasian semi-enclosed basin (Eastern Paratethys,southwestern Russia) record eustatic falls?', Geološki Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrvahttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0608/2010/0350-06081071001R.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Its height during time thus depends on eustatic variations.
Carpentier B., Gely J. P., Huc A. Y., Blanc-Valleron M. M. 2006, 'Simulation de la sédimentation dans un bassin évaporitique à niveau d'eau sous influenceeustatique. Application au bassin paléogène de Mulhouse (Alsace, France) Simulationof Sedimentation in an Evaporitic Basin At Water Level under Eustatic Influence. Applicationto the Paleogene Mulhouse Basin (Alsace, France)', Oil & Gas Science and Technologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2516/ogst:1992040. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The sequences are affected by eustatic and eustatism of the glacial advance and retreat.
Mohammed A. Al-Wosabi, Sa'ad Z. Al-Mashaikie 2006, 'Investigation of Facies Types and Associations of Kuhlan Red Bed Formation in NW Yemen:A New Hypothesis for Origin and Depositional Environment', Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Sciencehttps://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squjs/article/view/337. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The sequences have been defined on the basis of unconformity surfaces interpreted as due to tectonic or eustatic processes.
Martín-Martín, M., López-Galindo, A., Alcalá-García, F. J. 2002, 'El paleoceno de la alta cadena (subbetico interno, Cordillera Betica) implicacionesen la evolución geodinamica del paleomargen sud-iberico', Estudios Geologicoshttp://estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeol/article/view/112/108. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of the succession have provided support to a new eustatic interpretation significance.
LUCIANO LECCA, SALVATORE CARBONI 2007, 'THE TYRRHENIAN SECTION OF SAN GIOVANNI DI SINIS (SARDINIA):STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD OFAN IRREGULAR SINGLE HIGH STAND', Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafiahttps://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/5889. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The established conodont zones are tentatively correlated with global graptolite zonation and matched against generalized eustatic and carbon isotope curves.
Ladislav Slavík 2014, 'Revision of the conodont zonation of the Wenlock–Ludlow boundary in the Prague Synform',Estonian Journal of Earth Scienceshttp://www.kirj.ee/public/Estonian_Journal_of_Earth_Sciences/2014/issue_4/earth-2014-4-305-311.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The isotopic values also indicate eustatic sea level changes due to the glacial andinterglacial phases during the period.
Javid A. Ganai, Shaik A. Rashid, Shakil A. Romshoo 2018, 'Evaluation of terrigenous input, diagenetic alteration and depositional conditionsof Lower Carboniferous carbonates of Tethys Himalaya, India', Solid Earth Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451912X17300284. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)