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erosion Coastal erosion is a national problem, with enormous economic and social consequences that affect all 30 states bordering the ocean or the Great Lakes. The geologic framework of the coastal region must be determined in order to understand the problems that must be addressed to maintain U.S. coastlines and to predict the effects of any mitigation or management plans.
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Coastal Erosion of Southern Lake Michigan - USGS Fact Sheet
Description: Geological Survey studies the geologic processes at work in the Great Lakes region because they have direct bearing on the use, management, development, and preservation of the shoreline. It is important to understand how these processes shape our daily lives. About 15 percent of the United States' and 50 percent of Canada's population live along or near the 9,000-kilometer-long coastline of the Great Lakes. About 83 percent of the shoreline is privately-owned with property values as high as $10,000 per linear foot of lakefront.
updated: 2004-03-02 pages include:

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An Overview of Coastal Land Loss: With Emphasis on the Southeastern United States
Description: In states bordering the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, vast areas of coastal land have been destroyed since the mid 1800s as a result of natural processes and human activities. The physical factors that have the greatest influence on coastal land loss are reductions in sediment supply, relative sea level rise, and frequent storms, whereas the most important human activities are sediment excavation, river modification, and coastal construction. As a result of these agents and activities, coastal land loss is manifested most commonly as beach/bluff erosion and coastal submergence.
updated: 2003-08-20 pages include:

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USGS Fact Sheet 095-02: Vulnerability of U.S. National Parks to Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Change
Description: Vulnerability of U.S. National Parks to Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Change
updated: 2002-09-19 pages include:

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Mapping Coastal Change Hazards
Description: An illustrated discussion of coastal change hazards and the work that the U.S. Geological Survey is doing to map and understand these hazards.
updated: 2001-05-03 pages include:

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Remote Video Monitoring
Description: Remote Video Monitoring (RVM) systems provide a means of automatically acquiring video data from remote locations and returning them to a central laboratory computer for processing. This project makes use of RVM technology to monitor coastal change at locations in Florida, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Washington.
updated: 2000-10-02 pages include:

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