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Category : Coastal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Northern California Coastal Processes Annotated Bibliography
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Category : Coastal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Publisher:
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Category : Coastal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Environmental Studies Contract and Report Index
Author: United States. Minerals Management Service. Pacific OCS Region
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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309255945
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Tide gauges show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches during the 20th century, and recent satellite data show that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating. As Earth warms, sea levels are rising mainly because ocean water expands as it warms; and water from melting glaciers and ice sheets is flowing into the ocean. Sea-level rise poses enormous risks to the valuable infrastructure, development, and wetlands that line much of the 1,600 mile shoreline of California, Oregon, and Washington. As those states seek to incorporate projections of sea-level rise into coastal planning, they asked the National Research Council to make independent projections of sea-level rise along their coasts for the years 2030, 2050, and 2100, taking into account regional factors that affect sea level. Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future explains that sea level along the U.S. west coast is affected by a number of factors. These include: climate patterns such as the El NiƱo, effects from the melting of modern and ancient ice sheets, and geologic processes, such as plate tectonics. Regional projections for California, Oregon, and Washington show a sharp distinction at Cape Mendocino in northern California. South of that point, sea-level rise is expected to be very close to global projections. However, projections are lower north of Cape Mendocino because the land is being pushed upward as the ocean plate moves under the continental plate along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. However, an earthquake magnitude 8 or larger, which occurs in the region every few hundred to 1,000 years, would cause the land to drop and sea level to suddenly rise.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309255945
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Tide gauges show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches during the 20th century, and recent satellite data show that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating. As Earth warms, sea levels are rising mainly because ocean water expands as it warms; and water from melting glaciers and ice sheets is flowing into the ocean. Sea-level rise poses enormous risks to the valuable infrastructure, development, and wetlands that line much of the 1,600 mile shoreline of California, Oregon, and Washington. As those states seek to incorporate projections of sea-level rise into coastal planning, they asked the National Research Council to make independent projections of sea-level rise along their coasts for the years 2030, 2050, and 2100, taking into account regional factors that affect sea level. Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future explains that sea level along the U.S. west coast is affected by a number of factors. These include: climate patterns such as the El NiƱo, effects from the melting of modern and ancient ice sheets, and geologic processes, such as plate tectonics. Regional projections for California, Oregon, and Washington show a sharp distinction at Cape Mendocino in northern California. South of that point, sea-level rise is expected to be very close to global projections. However, projections are lower north of Cape Mendocino because the land is being pushed upward as the ocean plate moves under the continental plate along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. However, an earthquake magnitude 8 or larger, which occurs in the region every few hundred to 1,000 years, would cause the land to drop and sea level to suddenly rise.
Special Bibliographies on Oceanography
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Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Environmental Studies Plan
Author: United States. Minerals Management Service. Pacific OCS Region
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Category : Continental shelf
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Category : Continental shelf
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Bibliography and Index of the Geology and Mineral Resources of Washington, 1963-1980
Author: Connie Manson
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Physical Oceanography and Meteorology of the California Outer Continental Shelf
Author: Priscilla Newberger
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Category : Ocean currents
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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Category : Ocean currents
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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The Global Coastal Ocean - Regional Studies and Syntheses
Author: Kenneth H. Brink
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674017412
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674017412
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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Catalogue of Accessioned Publications
Author: World Data Center A--Oceanography
Publisher:
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Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Publisher:
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Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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