Multi-decadal sea level trends and land movements in the Mediterranean Sea with estimates of factors perturbing tide gauge data and cumulative uncertainties

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 63-76

  Tsimplis, M ^a   Spada, G ^b   Marcos, M ^c   Flemming, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeological data; Geomorphology; GIA; Land movements; Mediterranean; Sea level; Steric sea level; Tide gauge

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA; GIA; LAND MOVEMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN; STERIC SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAUGE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ESTIMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TIDES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA LEVEL; SIGNAL; TIDE GAUGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79952313456     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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