Subsidence along the Atlantic Coast of North America: Insights from GPS and late Holocene relative sea level data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3126-3133

  Karegar, Makan A ^a   Dixon, Timothy H ^a   Engelhart, Simon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Coast of North America; glacial isostatic adjustment; GPS; groundwater depletion; Holocene relative sea level

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; SUBSIDENCE; TIDE GAGES;

ACCELERATED SEA-LEVEL RISE; ATLANTIC COASTS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; GROUNDWATER DEPLETION; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84979725365     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068015     Document Type: Article

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