Mazara del vallo tide gauge observations (1906-16): Land subsidence or sea-level rise?

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-75

  Olivieri, Marco ^a   Spada, Giorgio ^b   Antonioli, Andrea ^a   Galassi, Gaia ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

climate change; Great Messina earthquake; postseismic deformations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY;

EID: 84936994645     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00233.1     Document Type: Review

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