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Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) to Sea-Level Rise, USGS Open-File Report 2004-1020


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Figure 3. A) Northern Assateague Island showing an area that is low and overwashed (5 - very high vulnerability). B, C, and D) show dunes along Assateague Island. Areas with a mature dune ridge were categorized as 4 - high vulnerability (photos courtesy of Rebecca Beavers and Melanie Ransmeier).


Figure 3. A) Northern Assateague Island showing an area that is low and overwashed (5 - very high vulnerability) B, C, and D) show dunes along Assateague Island.  Areas with a mature dune ridge were categorized as 4 - high vulnerability. Figure 3. A) Northern Assateague Island showing an area that is low and overwashed (5 - very high vulnerability) B, C, and D) show dunes along Assateague Island.  Areas with a mature dune ridge were categorized as 4 - high vulnerability. Figure 3. A) Northern Assateague Island showing an area that is low and overwashed (5 - very high vulnerability) B, C, and D) show dunes along Assateague Island.  Areas with a mature dune ridge were categorized as 4 - high vulnerability.

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