Coastal Louisiana in crisis: Subsidence or sea level rise?

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Volumn 87, Issue 45, 2006, Pages

  Gonzalez, Juan L ^a   Tornqvist, Torbjorn E ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHSTAND; NATURAL HAZARD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845258991     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006EO450001     Document Type: Article

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