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National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise:
Preliminary Results for the U.S. Atlantic Coast

Figure 10.   Map of the relative sea-level rise variable for the NorthCarolina to Georgia region. The rate of sea-level change is lowest at Cape Fear, North Carolina, due to long-term tectonic uplift of the mid-Carolina Platform High.

Figure 10. Map of the relative sea-level rise variable for the NorthCarolina to Georgia region.
Figure 10. Map of the relative sea-level rise variable for the NorthCarolina to Georgia region.




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