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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 11. Bluff-retreat rates in the Eastern study section of the Lake Erie, Pa., coast, 1938-98. The average rate of recession in this section was 0.2 ± 0.1 m/yr. The highest rate, 1.0 ± 0.1 m/yr, was measured in the central portion of the section in a predominantly agricultural area. [Click here or on figure for high-resolution image in PDF format, 84 KB.]

Figure 11. Bluff-retreat rates in the Eastern study section of the Lake Erie, Pa., coast, 1938-98. The average rate of recession in this section was 0.2 ± 0.1 m/yr. The highest rate, 1.0 ± 0.1 m/yr, was measured in the central portion of the section in a predominantly agricultural area.

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