Shoreline retreat caused by a combination of sea-level rise and land subsidence
![A figure showing how land subsidence can exacerbate the impact of sea level rise.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/SLR-Subsidence_fig_cropped.jpg?itok=Q11Gr8pV)
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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