Sea-level rise for the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington : past, present, and future / / Committee on Sea Level Rise in California, Oregon, and Washington, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources and Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464427803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• ISBN: 0-309-25595-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Soggetti: Sea level - California; Climatic changes - California; Coast changes - California; Sea level - Oregon; Climatic changes - Oregon; Coast changes - Oregon; Sea level - Washington; Climatic changes - Washington; Coast changes - Washington; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Measured Global Sea-Level Rise; 3 Contributions to Global Sea-Level Rise; 4 Sea-Level Variability and Change off the California, Oregon, and Washington Coasts; 5 Projections of Sea-Level Change; 6 Responses of the Natural Shoreline to Sea-Level Rise; References; Appendix A: Vertical Land Motion and Sea-Level Data Along the West Coast of the United States; Appendix B: Sea-Level Rise in the Northeast Pacific Ocean; Appendix C: Analysis of Sea-Level Fingerprint Effects; Appendix D: Long-Term Tide Gage Stability From Leveling Data Appendix E: Cryosphere Extrapolations; Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations