Barrier island bistability induced by biophysical interactions

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 158-162

  Durán Vinent, Orencio ^a   Moore, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAST; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84922967755     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2474     Document Type: Article

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