Sea level history of the northern Gulf of Mexico coast and sea level rise scenarios for the near future

Climatic Change

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-33

  Donoghue, Joseph F ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE RATE; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL SYSTEMS; DEGLACIATIONS; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; GULF COAST; GULF OF MEXICO; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REGIONAL EFFECTS; RELATIVE STABILITIES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHORELINE POSITION; TIDE GAUGES;

COASTAL ZONES; STABILIZATION; TECTONICS; TIDE GAGES;

SEA LEVEL;

DEGLACIATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLACIOEUSTACY; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; SHORELINE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TIDE GAUGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 79958859501     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0077-x     Document Type: Article

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