Estimation of vertical land movement rates along the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico over the past decades

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-51

  Letetrel, C ^a   Karpytchev, M ^a   Bouin, M N ^b   Marcos, M ^c   SantamarIa Gomez A ^a,d   Woppelmann G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

GPS; Gulf of Mexico; Satellite altimetry; Tide gauge; Vertical land motion

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GPS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PLATE TECTONICS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; TIDE GAUGE; UPLIFT; VELOCITY PROFILE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ALABAMA; APALACHICOLA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CEDAR KEY; DAUPHIN ISLAND; FLORIDA KEYS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GALVESTON; GRAND ISLE; GULF OF MEXICO; KEY WEST; KEY WEST ISLAND; LOUISIANA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PENSACOLA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; VERACRUZ;

EID: 84949035688     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.10.018     Document Type: Article

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