Offshore baseline for the Delmarva South/Southern Virginia region generated to calculate shoreline change rates from Wallops Island, Virginia to the Virginia/North Carolina border (DelmarvaS_SVA_baseline.shp)

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2010
Subjects:
Baseline
Shoreline Change Rate
Linear Regression Rate
Endpoint Rate
Digital Shoreline Analysis System
DSAS
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
WHCMSC
National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project
oceans
environment
geoscientificInformation
effects of coastal change
coastal processes
shoreline accretion
shoreline erosion
erosion
Atlantic Coast
United States
Mid-Atlantic
Delmarva
Virginia
Wallops Island
Assawoman Island
Metompkin Island
Cedar Island
Parramore Island
Hog Island
Cobb Island
Wreck Island
Ship Shoal Island
Myrtle Island
Smith Island
Fishermans Island
Cape Henry
Virginia Beach
False Cape
Ship Shoal
Alaska
Online Access:https://search.dataone.org/view/83bf8013-1122-4be3-ac35-2158a21406bf

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