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Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Padre Island National Seashore to
Sea-Level Rise, USGS Open-File Report 2004-1090.

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References

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Hammar-Klose, E.S., and Thieler, E.R., 2001, Coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise, a preliminary database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico coasts: U.S. Geological Survey, Digital Data Series DDS-68, 1 CD, Online.

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