Found an interesting article about sea level rise in LA.
We should have a term to better identify Sea Level Rise due to Subsidence.
A local official, Mr. Wendel Curiole refers to it as "Elevation is our Salvation."
Aren't those distinctly different, Thadd?
This is two different scenarios that in the end result achieve the same outcome. In short, subsidence is the compaction of the soil while sea level rise is the increase in water level due to melting icecaps. If looking for a term to describe why the water level is above the marsh surface due to subsidence, I like to use the phrase inundation via subsidence. If the rise of the water level was to cease the marsh would still continue to be inundated due to subsidence. Just trying to help clarify and illustrate that these are two seperate issues yet both have the same effect on coastal areas.
Us lower surveyors say, "Ain't nothin like dirt."