Vulnerability of Turkish coasts to accelerated sea-level rise

Geomorphology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 58-63

  Alpar, Bedri ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coastal vulnerability; Kizilirmak river delta; Marmara Sea; Salt intrusion; Sea level rise; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; EXPLOITATION; LAND RECLAMATION; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; KIZILIRMAK RIVER; TURKEY;

EID: 64249154995     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.021     Document Type: Article

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