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Publications and References

Below is a list of selected USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program publications for the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project project. These publications contain data layers including short- and long-term shoreline change evaluations, and historical and modern shorelines. To search for additional publications, please visit the the USGS Publications Warehouse.

Digital Data

• National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the Sandy Shorelines of Kauai, Oahu, and Maui, Hawaii, 2012, Romine, B.M., Fletcher, C.H., Genz, A.S., Barbee, M.M., Dyer, Matthew, Anderson, T.R., Lim, S.C., Vitousek, Sean, Bochicchio, Christopher, and Richmond, B.M., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1009 On-line.
• The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Coasts, 2010, Himmelstoss, E.A., Kratzmann, M., Hapke, C., Thieler, E.R., and List, J., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1119 On-line.
• The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the U.S. Southeast Atlantic Coast, 2006, Miller, Tara L.; Morton, Robert A.; Sallenger, Asbury H., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1326 On-line.
• The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, 2004, Miller, Tara L.; Morton, Robert A.; Sallenger, Asbury H.; Moore, Laura J., U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2004-1089, On-line.
• The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the Sandy Shorelines of the California Coast, 2006, Hapke, Cheryl J; Reid, David, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1251, On-line.
• The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Cliff Edges and Associated Cliff Erosion Data for the California Coast, 2007, Hapke, Cheryl J; Reid, David; Borrelli, Mark, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1112, On-line.
  

Publications

• National assessment of shoreline change: Historical shoreline change in the Hawaiian Islands, 2012, Fletcher, C.H., Romine, B.M., Genz, A.S., Barbee, M.M., Dyer, Matthew, Anderson, T.R., Lim, S.C., Vitousek, Sean, Bochicchio, Christopher, and Richmond, B.M., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1051
• National Assessment of Shoreline Change: Historical Shoreline Change along the New England and Mid-Atlantic Coasts, 2010, Hapke, C.J., Himmelstoss, E.A., Kratzmann, M., List, J.H., and Thieler, E.R., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1118
• National Assessment Of Shoreline Change: Part 2, Historical Shoreline Changes And Associated Coastal Land Loss Along The U.S. Southeast Atlantic Coast, 2005, Morton, Robert A.; Miller, Tara L., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1401
• National Assessment of Shoreline Change: Part 1, Historical Shoreline Changes and Associated Coastal Land Loss Along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, 2004, Morton, Robert A.; Miller, Tara L.; Moore, Laura J., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1043
• National Assessment of Shoreline Change: Part 3, Historical Shoreline Change and Associated Coastal Land Loss Along the Sandy Shorelines of the California Coast, 2006, Hapke, Cheryl J.; Reid, David; Richmond, Bruce M.; Ruggiero, Peter; List, Jeff, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1219
• National Assessment of Shoreline Change: Part 4, Historical Coastal Cliff Retreat along the California Coast, 2007, Hapke, Cheryl J.; Reid, David, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1133
• An overview of coastal land loss: with emphasis on the southeastern United States, 2003, Morton, Robert A., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-337