Doubling of coastal flooding frequency within decades due to sea-level rise

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Vitousek, Sean ^a   Barnard, Patrick L ^b   Fletcher, Charles H ^c   Frazer, Neil ^c   Erikson, Li ^b   Storlazzi, Curt D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 85019850825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01362-7     Document Type: Article

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