The contribution of glacial isostatic adjustment to projections of sea-level change along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America

Earth's Future

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 440-464

  Love, Ryan ^a,b   Milne, Glenn A ^a   Tarasov, Lev ^b   Engelhart, Simon E ^c   Hijma, Marc P ^d,e   Latychev, Konstantin ^f   Horton, Benjamin P ^g,h   Törnqvist, Torbjörn E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Glacial Isostatic Adjustment; Numerical Modeling; Projections; Sea Level

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; DATABASE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLACIOISOSTASY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027948291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016EF000363     Document Type: Article

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