Haznet Research Topic - Sea Level Change
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Title: Planning for a wider range of water levels along Great Lakes
and ocean coasts.
Author: Keillor J. Philip
Citation: "Coastal Management," 18:91-103, 1990.
Year: 90
Program#: WIS-SG-90-900
# Pages: 13
Abstract: The 1985 and 1986 period of record high water levels
on the Great Lakes had some similarities to the situation that may eventually
confront the ocean coasts if sea levels rise and global warming occurs.
Institutional responses to the Great Lakes situation are described and
suggested as a dress rehearsal for future responses to predicted sea level
rise.
Notes: 1652 czmt no charge. Planning for water level rise
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NSGD#: ORESU-R-95-005
Title: Episodic flooding of prehistoric settlements at the mouth
of the Coquille River.
Author: Hall Roberta L.; Radosevich Stefan
Citation: "Oregon Geology," 57(1):18-22, January 1995.
Year: 95
Abstract: The archaeological record left behind by people who lived
near the mouth of the Coquille River as long as 3,000 years ago provide
evidence of past geologic events. The site chosen by Euro-American settlers
for the initial commercial district of Bandon has proved to have been
intensively occupied in previous times by Native Americans. Investigation
has found evidence of human habitation at levels below the current water
table and near the present sea level. These data suggest that significant
changes in land and water relationships occurred because of sea level
fluctuation, subsidence, uplift, or a combination of these factors.
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NSGD#: LSU-R-90-007
Title: Marsh-water column interactions in two Louisiana estuaries.
I. Sediment dynamics.
Author: Childers Daniel L.; Day John W. Jr.
Citation: "Estuaries," 13(4):393-403, December 1990.
Year: 90
# Pages: 11
Abstract: Vertical accretion is the primary mechanism by which
intertidal marshes maintain themselves against apparent sea level rise.
Recent investigations have concluded that many marshes may not be able
to maintain their elevations against apparent sea level rise, particularly
in areas with reduced sediment supply and low tidal amplitudes. Throughflow
marsh flumes were used to measure total sediment exchanges between the
marshes and water column of two Louisiana estuaries, Barataria Basin and
Fourleague Bay. Results affirm the variability of short-term sediment
transport and depositional processes, close coupling of meteorologic forcing
and flooding regime to sediment dynamics, and the importance of understanding
these interrelated mechanisms in the context of longer term measurements.
Notes: 2149 chem Sedimentation dynamics in intertidal marshes
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NSGD#: CUIMR-R-89-054
Title: Coastal sea levels during the January 1988 storm off the
Californias.
Author: Flick Reinhard E.; Badan-Dangon Antoine
Citation: "Shore and Beach," pp. 28-31, October 1989.
Year: 89
Abstract: On open coasts such as those of the Californias, ocean
waves provide the destructive power as well as much of the set-up that
erodes beaches and overtops and floods coastal structures. However, the
elevation of mean sea level, the tides and storm surge largely determine
the degree of damage that waves can inflict on the shoreline. On January
16-18, 1988, a remarkable winter storm approached and collided with the
coasts of California and Baja California. Were it not for some fortuitous
conditions, the damage could have been much worse. The purpose of this
paper is to examine the details of the coastal sea level related to this
storm, and to describe how the different contributing factors varied along
the coast and in time. It is concluded that we should be able to enhance
the possibility of short-term warnings of coastal damage, using readily
available information.
Notes: 1038 phys cuimr Storms, sea level, and forecasting
