Tide gauge datum continuity at Brest since 1711: France's longest sea-level record

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Wöppelmann, Guy ^a   Pouvreau, Nicolas ^a   Coulomb, Alain ^b   Simon, Bernard ^c,e   Woodworth, Philip L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c SHOM   (France)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAGES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIDE GAGES; WATER LEVELS;

18TH CENTURIES; 19TH CENTURIES; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; SALT MARSHES; SEA LEVEL TRENDS; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT CORES; TIDE GAUGE DATUM;

SEA LEVEL;

DATUM; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; TIDE GAUGE;

BREST [FINISTERE]; BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINISTERE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60149091035     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035783     Document Type: Article

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