A geological perspective on potential future sea-level rise

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rohling, Eelco J ^a,b   Haigh, Ivan D ^b   Foster, Gavin L ^b   Roberts, Andrew P ^a   Grant, Katharine M ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84890667129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03461     Document Type: Article

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