Contents

• Introduction
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• Findings and Recommendations
• Conclusions
• References

Impacts of Future Sea Level Rise on the Coastal Floodplain

by

Peter A. Slovinsky and Stephen M. Dickson

Maine Geological Survey
Open-File 06-14

Online Edition, 2006

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A report prepared by the Maine Geological Survey for the Maine Coastal Program/Maine State Planning Office pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA05NOS4191071. This report was funded in whole by financial assistance provided by the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, administered by the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resources Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Methodology

• Compile required data coverages
• Project a static 2-ft rise in sea level and its impacts on the study area.

Results

• Marsh Habitat Changes
  • Existing Conditions
  • 1-ft Sea Level Rise
  • 2-ft Sea Level Rise
  • 3-ft Sea Level Rise
• Flooding Implications
  • 1-ft Sea Level Rise
  • 2-ft Sea Level Rise
  • 3-ft Sea Level Rise

Discussion

• Implications for Marsh Habitat
• Flooding Implications

Findings and Recommendations

Conclusions

References

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