Sea-level rise in the Mediterranean Sea by 2050: Roles of terrestrial ice melt, steric effects and glacial isostatic adjustment

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 123, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 55-66

  Galassi, Gaia ^a   Spada, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Future sea level rise; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; TIDE GAGES;

GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; GLOBAL SCENARIOS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; STERIC SEA LEVEL;

SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CHRONOLOGY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOISOSTASY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; RHEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84912091026     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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