Importance of coastal change variables in determining vulnerability to sea- and lake-level change

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 176-183

  Pendleton, Elizabeth A ^a   Thieler, E Robert ^a   Williams, S Jeffress ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal slope; Coastal vulnerability index; Geomorphology; Great Lakes; Lake level change; Mean annual ice cover; Mean significant wave height; National Park Service; Relative sea level rise; Shoreline change; Tidal range

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ICE COVER; LAKE LEVEL; NATIONAL PARK; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; TIDAL RANGE; VULNERABILITY; WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 76449100527     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1102.1     Document Type: Article

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