Potential impacts of global sea-level rise on Canadian coasts

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-379

  Shaw, John ^a   Taylor, Robert B ^a   Solomon, Steven ^a   Christian, Harold A ^a   Forbes, Donald L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal erosion; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CANADA;

EID: 0032310942     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1998.tb01352.x     Document Type: Article

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