Sea level in the Mediterranean: A first step towards separating crustal movements and absolute sea-level variations

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-48

  Zerbini, Susanna ^a   Plag, Hans Peter ^b   Baker, Trevor ^c   Becker, Matthias ^d   Billiris, Harris ^e   Bürki, Beat ^f   Kahle, Hans Gert ^f   Marson, Iginio ^g   Pezzoli, Laura ^a   Richter, Bernd ^d   Romagnoli, Claudia ^a   Sztobryn, Marzenna ^h   Tomasi, Paolo ⁱ   Tsimplis, Michael ^c   Veis, George ^e   Verrone, Grazia ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Inst für Angew Geodäsie   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^h Institute of Meteorology and Water Management Maritime Branch Gdynia   (Poland)

ⁱ CNR   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PRESSURE; ALTIMETRY; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONALITY; TIDE GAUGE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030437826     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8181(96)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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