Geologic effects and coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise, erosion, and storms

Solutions to Coastal Disasters Congress 2008 - Proceedings of the Solutions to Coastal Disasters Congress 2008

Volumn 312, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-14

  Williams, S Jeffress ^a   Gutierrez, Benjamin T ^a   Thieler, E Robert ^a   Pendleton, Elizabeth ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MECHANICS; STORMS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL SPRAYING; WATER LEVELS;

COASTAL CHANGES; COASTAL EROSIONS; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC EFFECTS; GLACIAL PERIODS; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; HUMAN FACTORS; HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURES; LAND SUBSIDENCES; LONG-TERM PLANS; RELATIVE SEA LEVELS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEA-LEVEL RISE; TECTONIC FORCES; TIDE GAUGE DATUM;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 57649088867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40968(312)1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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