Marine coastal hazards for the eastern coasts of the Baltic Sea

Baltica

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 3-12

  Valdmann, Ain ^a   Käärd, Arvo ^a   Kelpšaite, Loreta ^b   Kurennoy, Dmitry ^b   Soomere, Tarmo ^b  

^a Municipal Engineering Services Department   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Coastal protection; Flood risk; Sea level rise; Wave action

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOOD; NATURAL HAZARD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 59549094991     PISSN: 00673064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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