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Ever since the formation of Earth, global‐scale changes, known as tectonic movements, are shaping the surface features exposed to the atmosphere. Global‐scale cooling and warming and the associated climate change are a cyclic phenomenon. The evaporation of water from the oceans and condensation in the form of snow on land during the cooling cycles lower the level of sea surfaces. A reverse phenomenon occurs during the warming part of the cycles. During warming, the changes in the geometry of the ocean floor and the volume of water in the oceans are linked to a number of interdependent and complex geophysical processes (Nakada and Lambeck 1987).