Figure 13. A close-up view of the map in Figure 12 showing beach contours. The 1853 "high water shoreline" is dotted and the 1941 shoreline is dashed. If the maps are registered to each other correctly, the comparison suggests the high water shoreline moved seaward at a time when the submerged beach profile (6-, 12-, and 18-foot depths) moved inland, making the beach steeper overall. (Modified from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1982, Plate 1-10)

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