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Coastal Erosion Assessment for Maine FIRMs and Map Modernization Plan

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Introduction   Erosion processes   Methods and data   Suitability   Assessment   Spatial analysis   Bluff erosion   Obsolescence   Conclusions   References

Last updated on February 8, 2006.