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National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise: preliminary results of the U.S. Atlantic coast

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of99-593

Brief report on map showing the relative vulnerability of the Atlantic coast to changes due to future rise in sea level. Includes links to similar maps in Open-file report 2000-178 on the Pacific Coast and 2000-179 on the Gulf of Mexico Coast.

by Thieler, E. Robert; Hammar-Klose, Erika S.; Woods Hole Field Center (Sponsor); and Coastal and Marine Geology Program (Sponsor)
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-593
Related topics:
Coastal ecosystems, Coastal processes, Datasets, Ecosystem management, Erosion, Geomorphology, Maps and atlases, Sea-level change, Storms, Coastal zones
States or counties
United States, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, South Atlantic

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