Coastal impact underestimated from rapid sea level rise

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Volumn 91, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 205-206

  Anderson, John ^a   Milliken, Kristy ^a   Wallace, Davin ^a   Rodriguez, Antonio ^b   Simms, Alexander ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; FLOODING; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 77954401586     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010EO230001     Document Type: Article

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