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HTTP:: Coastal Map Reveals Best Locations for Sea Defenses
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Experts at the Durham University, in the United Kingdom, have recently devised a new map of the country's coastal lands, which highlights the areas most threatened by sea-level rises. The map charts the post Ice-Age tilt of the UK and Ireland, as well as current, relative sea-level changes in the region. Details of the investigation appear in the latest issue of the Journal “GSA Today.” The research also shows that southern Ireland and Wales, as well as southern and eastern England, continue to sink, while Scotland is still rising, though at rates smaller than previously anticipated.Core sediments were drilled from 80 locations around the UK, and then carefully analyzed at DU. The research concluded that the relative elevation of sediments was a clear indicator of land rises and falls. The research team also used the carbon-dating technique to assess how and when the sediments formed, data from which they inferred the sea levels of the time. By combining the new knowled!
ge with a special modeling technique, the team was able to obtain a clear map of the UK's future coastline. The model also took into account the amount of ice that was estimated to melt over the next few decades.“The rate of uplift north of the River Tyne to Scotland increases because th...
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