About the Authors

Frederico Falcini

ffalcini@umn.edu.

Affiliation St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Douglas J. Jerolmack

Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli

Affiliations Istituto di Scienze dell' Atmosfera e del Clima, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy, Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FF. Analyzed the data: FF DJJ BBN. Wrote the paper: FF DJJ BBN. Developed the physical model: FF. Analyzed the coastal altimeter data: BBN.