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Coldspot of Decelerated Sea-Level Rise on the Pacific Coast of North America Cover

Coldspot of Decelerated Sea-Level Rise on the Pacific Coast of North America

By: Albert Parker  
Open Access
|Oct 2016

Abstract

We show here the presence of significant “coldspot” of sea level rise along the West Coast of the United States and Canada (including Alaska). The 30-years sea level for the area are mostly falling also at subsiding locations as San Francisco and Seattle where subsidence is responsible for a long term positive rate of rise. The 20 long term tide gauges of the area of length exceeding the 60-years length have a naïve average rate of rise −0.729 mm/year in the update 30-Apr-2015, down from −0.624 mm/year in the update 14-Feb-2014. Therefore, along the West Coast of the United States and Canada the sea levels are on average falling, and becoming more and more negative.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
Language: English
Page range: 31 - 37
Submitted on: Feb 9, 2016
Published on: Oct 18, 2016
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2016 Albert Parker, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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