An evaluation of subsidence rates and sea-level variability in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Kolker, Alexander S ^a   Allison, Mead A ^b   Hameed, Sultan ^c  

^a LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

COASTAL LANDS; DECREASE RATE; FLUID WITHDRAWALS; INTERANNUAL; LAND AREAS; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; SEALEVEL CHANGE; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TIDE GAUGES; WETLAND LOSS; WITHDRAWAL RATE;

SUBSIDENCE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSISTENCE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VOLUME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 81155127443     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049458     Document Type: Article

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