Recent and future higher sea levels in New Zealand: A review

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-116

  Kennedy, David M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Holocene; New Zealand; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN;

EID: 47949130733     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: 17457939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2008.00132.x     Document Type: Review

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