Sea-level rise and coastal change: Causes and implications for the future of coasts and low-lying regions

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  • Benjamin T. Gutierrez
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associated with global climate change (e.g. Lambeck et al. 2002; Miller et al. 2005; IPCC 2001; IPCC 2007; Hansen et al. 2007; Broecker and Kunzig 2008). For example, during the last interglacial warm period (~125,000 yrs BP) sea level was approximately 5 m higher than present, and during the Last Glacial Maximum (~21,000 yrs BP), sea level was about 120 m lower than present (Figure 1) (Fairbanks 1989; Muhs et al. 2004).

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تاریخ انتشار 2009