Like, if a rock falls into the ocean, then that amount of space is displaced. It would be like arguing that the amount of rubber tires leave behind causes the roads to rise in elevation, but it’s not wrong per-se.
Actually when sediment goes into the ocean from rivers it eventually causes a load to build up on the seabed and this causes it to subside. So generally sea level does not rise because the entire crust is sinking into the mantle. However, there are local effects like flexure which causes the crust to bow up adjacently, which could ironically cause the local sea level to fall. By sea level I technically mean shoreline regression.
The brittle crust maintains something called isostacy as it floats buoyantly on the ductile mantle, think of it like an ice cube floating in water with 10% always above the surface. That relative 10% doesn’t change despite the addition or subtraction of ice to the top of the cube, only the absolute height changes.
I mean, it’s technically true right?
Like, if a rock falls into the ocean, then that amount of space is displaced. It would be like arguing that the amount of rubber tires leave behind causes the roads to rise in elevation, but it’s not wrong per-se.
Actually when sediment goes into the ocean from rivers it eventually causes a load to build up on the seabed and this causes it to subside. So generally sea level does not rise because the entire crust is sinking into the mantle. However, there are local effects like flexure which causes the crust to bow up adjacently, which could ironically cause the local sea level to fall. By sea level I technically mean shoreline regression.
The brittle crust maintains something called isostacy as it floats buoyantly on the ductile mantle, think of it like an ice cube floating in water with 10% always above the surface. That relative 10% doesn’t change despite the addition or subtraction of ice to the top of the cube, only the absolute height changes.
Source: am geologist
A sea level is not the same as the sea level rise.
It is technically true to say that rocks falling into the sea cause the sea level to rise. It isn’t true to say that they cause the sea level rise.