Articles | Volume 19, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-57-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-57-2023
Research article
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18 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 18 Jan 2023

River effects on sea-level rise in the Río de la Plata estuary during the past century

Christopher G. Piecuch

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I use observations to establish that changing river flows were an important contributor to coastal sea-level changes in the Río de la Plata of South America during the past century.