Implications of sea-level rise for Europe's coasts: An introduction

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-287

  Nicholls, Robert J ^a   De La Vega Leinert, Anne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEA LEVEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 42149101169     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/07A-0002.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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