海面变化是地球科学重要理论问题之一,对人类有直接和间接影响。海洋学,地质学,生物学和考古学等有关学科都十分重视海面变化研究。近十余年来,由于有关科学技术的迅猛发展和广泛应用,海面变化的理论如同其他自然科学一样,共“知识陈旧周期”日趋缩短。 Sea-level change is one of the most important theoretical issues in earth science and has direct and indirect impacts on human beings. Relevant disciplines such as oceanography, geology, biology and archeology all attach great importance to the research of sea surface change. In the past decade or so, due to the rapid development and extensive application of science and technology, the theory of sea level change, like other natural sciences, has brought about a “short period of knowledge obsolescence”.