Relative Sea-Level Changes and their Impact on Coastal Zones

• Other Authors: Aucelli, Pietro (Editor), Mastronuzzi, Giuseppe (Editor), Mattei, Gaia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Environmental economics; sea-level rise; Mediterranean Sea; tide gauges; natural variability; vertical land motion; Mississippi River Delta; Louisiana; salinity; sediment; wetland loss; estuary; diversion; environmental planning; coastal restoration; sea level; coastal erosion; coastal morphometry; Baltic Sea; coastal changes; vertical ground movements; geoarchaeology; 3D model; relative sea level changes; Campi Flegrei; Holocene; coastal lagoon; geochronology; sea level change; bio-indicators; climate change; adaptation costs; investment decision; Spain and Portugal coastal cities; uncertainty; stochastic model; coastal dynamics; erosion; accretion; submersion; boulders; Medicane; flow; UAV; waves; coastal barrier; continuous backstepping pattern; incised valley; sapropel S1; coastal plains; relative sea-level rise; 2100; marine submersion; tide-gauges; atmospheric variability; Tyrrhenian sea; interannual variations; acqua alta; well log correlation; late Quaternary environments; sea-level changes; Volturno plain; southern Italy; geomorphological coastal changes; sea storm effects; integrated 3D remote sensing surveys; sedimentary dynamics; western Ligurian sea; n/a
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In the last few centuries, the study of sea-level changes along the world's shores has been a primary scientific focus in analyses of climate change, but also for scientists exploring past landscape evolution, geomorphological processes, human impacts, and system responses. The relative variati...