Observed mean sea level changes around the North Sea coastline from 1800 to present

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 124, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-67

  Wahl, T ^a   Haigh, I D ^b,c   Woodworth, P L ^b   Albrecht, F ^d   Dillingh, D ^e   Jensen, J ^a   Nicholls, R J ^f   Weisse, R ^b   Woppelmann G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

English Channel; Mean sea level changes; North Sea; Tide gauges; Vertical land movement

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; DECADAL VARIATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLISH CHANNEL; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84879018509     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.05.003     Document Type: Review

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