Reconstructing Coastal Forest Retreat and Marsh Migration Response to Historical Sea Level Rise

Climate change assessments predict that rates of relative sea level rise will increase in the future, leading to enhanced inundation of low-lying coastal regions and a 20 – 50 % decline in salt marsh area by 2100. Global sea level rise began accelerating in the late 19th to early 20th century, and l...

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Main Author: Schieder, Nathalie
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2017
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1516639691
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1257&context=etd