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National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise: preliminary results for the U.S. Pacific Coast

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-178/

Report on the potential of coastal change due to future sea level rise using the coastal vulnerability index (C.V.I.) with two regional examples in San Francisco and Monterey Bay and Tillamook Head, Oregon, to Ocean Shores, WA.

by Coastal and Marine Geology Program (Sponsor) and Woods Hole Field Center (Sponsor)
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-178
Related topics:
Coastal ecosystems, Coastal processes, Erosion, Geomorphology, Sea-level change
Hydrologic units
Pacific Northwest, San Francisco Bay,
Quadrangles
Monterey, Tillamook Head

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