Sea-level rise implications for coastal regions

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 63, Issue SPL.ISSUE, 2013, Pages 184-196

  Williams, S Jeffress ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; barrier island; climate change; coast; coastal erosion; coastal hazar; coastal vulnerability; Global mean sea level; relative sea level; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BARRIER ISLAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAST GLACIAL; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MITIGATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UPLIFT; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879630219     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI63-015.1     Document Type: Article

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