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Shoreline retreat caused by a combination of sea-level rise and land subsidence

Detailed Description

This figure illustrates shoreline retreat caused by a combination of sea-level rise and land subsidence. 

Originally published in Eggleston, Jack, and Pope, Jason, 2013, Land subsidence and relative sea-level rise in the southern Chesapeake Bay region: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1392, 30 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1392. (Figure 3)

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