U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1042
National Assessment of Historical Shoreline Change: A Pilot Study of Historical Coastal Bluff Retreat in the Great Lakes, Erie, Pennsylvania
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Figure 10. Photograph showing area of classic translational slope failure along coast of Lake Erie, Pa., where a relatively linear mass of bluff material separates and slides downslope. This type of slope failure is most common in bluffs composed of sand and silt. Photographs from Pennsylvania Coastal Resource Management Program. |
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