Long-term shoreline change rates for Rincon, Puerto Rico 1936-2006 (lt_transects.shp)

Description

The 8 km of shoreline from Punta Higüero to Punta Cadena in Rincón, Puerto Rico is experiencing long-term coastal erosion. This study documents historical shoreline changes at Rincón for the period 1936-2006. Thirteen historical shoreline positions were compiled from existing data, new orthophotography, and GPS field surveys. Shoreline vectors represent the high water line at the time of the survey.

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Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.047c7a56-b023-4e2a-b2e8-e702776f6432.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/htmldocs/data_catalog.html

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  • usgs-047c7a56-b023-4e2a-b2e8-e702776f6432
  • coastal-processes
  • puerto-rico
  • oceans
  • beach-erosion
  • punta-higuero
  • whsc
  • beach-nourishment
  • cmgp
  • u-s-geological-survey
  • long-term-shoreline-change
  • geospatial-datasets
  • erosion
  • geoscientificinformation
  • linear-regression-rate
  • coastal-and-marine-geology-program
  • shoreline-change-rate
  • carribbean
  • shoreline-accretion
  • usgs
  • shoreline
  • woods-hole-science-center
  • antilles
  • historic-shoreline
  • marine-geology
  • punta-cadena
  • rincon
  • transect

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