Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Gateway National Recreation Area (GATE) to Sea-Level Rise
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........................................................................................................................................................................4 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................4 Data Ranking .................................................................................................................................................................5 The Gateway National Recreation Area ........................................................................................................................5 The Breezy Point District .........................................................................................................................................6 Staten Island Unit .....................................................................................................................................................6 Sandy Hook Unit ......................................................................................................................................................6 Jamaica Bay Unit ......................................................................................................................................................6 Methodology..................................................................................................................................................................7 Geologic Variables ........................................................................................................................................................7 Physical Process Variables ............................................................................................................................................7 Coastal Vulnerability Index...........................................................................................................................................8 Results ...........................................................................................................................................................................8 Discussion......................................................................................................................................................................9 Conclusions ...................................................................................................................................................................9 References ...................................................................................................................................................................10 List of Figures..............................................................................................................................................................11 References ...................................................................................................................................................................12 Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Gateway National Recreation Area (GATE) to Sea-Level Rise By Elizabeth A. Pendleton, E. Robert Thieler, S. and Jeffress Williams
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