Impact of anthropogenic subsidence on relative sea-level rise in the Fraser River delta

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 771-774

  Mazzotti, S ^a,b   Lambert, A ^a   Van der Kooij, M ^c   Mainville, A ^d  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; FIRST-ORDER; FRASER RIVER; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENES; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; LOCAL PLANNING; PRIMARY CONSOLIDATION; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TIME CONSTANTS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SUBSIDENCE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSOLIDATION; GPS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER DELTA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349083364     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25640A.1     Document Type: Article

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