Island abandonment and sea-level rise: An historical analog from the Chesapeake Bay, USA

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-47

  Arenstam Gibbons, Sheila J ^a   Nicholls, Robert J ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Atoll nations; Islands; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ATOLL; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; ISLAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

HOLLAND ISLAND; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31844432951     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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