Description
The 8 km of shoreline from Punta Higuero to Punta Cadena in Rincón, Puerto Rico is experiencing long-term coastal erosion. This study documents historical shoreline changes at Rincón for the period 1936-2005. Twelve historical shoreline positions were compiled from existing data, new orthophotography, and GPS field surveys.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Data | XML | Landing page for access to the data | Open resource |
| Original Metadata | XML | The metadata original format | Open resource |
Tags
- aerial-photograph
- aerial-photography
- beach-erosion
- beach-nourishment
- cmgp
- coastal-and-marine-geology-program
- coastal-processes
- coastal-survey-map
- geospatial-datasets
- geotiff-image
- historic-shoreline
- image-mosaics
- imagerybasemapsearthcover
- puerto-rico
- punta-higuero
- rincon
- shoreline
- usace
- u-s-army-corps-of-engineers
- u-s-geological-survey
- usgs
- usgs-739fbe94-e5cc-4bff-88f5-447e715ead49
- whsc
- woods-hole-science-center