Contrasting records of sea-level change in the eastern and western North Atlantic during the last 300 years

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 388, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-122

  Long, A J ^a   Barlow, N L M ^a   Gehrels, W R ^b   Saher, M H ^b   Woodworth, P L ^c   Scaife, R G ^d   Brain, M J ^a   Cahill, N ^e  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

English Channel; Salt marsh; Sea level rise; Semi empirical models; Tide gauge

Indexed keywords

ENGLISH CHANNEL; SALT MARSHES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; TIDE GAUGES;

RISK PERCEPTION; TIDE GAGES; WETLANDS;

SEA LEVEL;

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ENGLAND; ENGLISH CHANNEL; ISLE OF WIGHT; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890603191     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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