North Carolina Shoreline Erosion Rates

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North Carolina USFWS
Estuarine Shoreline Erosion in
North Carolina Study

The Raleigh ES Field Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service supported a special study to update the estuarine shoreline erosion rates in northeastern North Carolina and the cumulative land loss rates in Fiscal Year 2002. The study was undertaken by Dr. Stan Riggs, Ms. Dorothea Ames, and Ms. Megan Murphy in the Department of Geology at East Carolina University, under Federal Contract No. 1448-40181-02-G-082.

The study report and its figures are part of a forthcoming publication from the North Carolina Sea Grant. Portions funded in part by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are provided below for viewing/download in various formats.

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For additional information regarding this Web page, contact Doug Newcomb, in Raleigh, NC at doug_newcomb@fws.gov