Retracing the past: Recovering 19th century benchmarks to measure shoreline change along the outer shore of cape cod, Massachusetts

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-47

  Mague, Stephen T ^a  

^a Durand and Anastas Environmental Strategies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarks; Coastal change; Coastal mapping; Historical landscapes; Historical tidal datum; U.S. Coast Survey; Vertical datum

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKS; COASTAL CHANGE; COASTAL MAPPING; HISTORICAL LANDSCAPES; TIDAL DATA; VERTICAL DATUM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; RECOVERY; SEA LEVEL;

SURVEYS;

BENCHMARKING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAST; COASTAL ZONE; DATUM; ELEVATION; FIELD SURVEY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSCAPE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SEA LEVEL; SHORELINE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865714652     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/1523040639130     Document Type: Article

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