United States Coast Pilot
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Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,90 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Pilot guides
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Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,90 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Pilot guides
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Author : Gillian Fellows-Jensen
Publisher : Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,5 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Cultural property
ISBN : 9788778762290
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 24,91 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309255945
Tide gauges show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches during the 20th century, and recent satellite data show that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating. As Earth warms, sea levels are rising mainly because ocean water expands as it warms; and water from melting glaciers and ice sheets is flowing into the ocean. Sea-level rise poses enormous risks to the valuable infrastructure, development, and wetlands that line much of the 1,600 mile shoreline of California, Oregon, and Washington. As those states seek to incorporate projections of sea-level rise into coastal planning, they asked the National Research Council to make independent projections of sea-level rise along their coasts for the years 2030, 2050, and 2100, taking into account regional factors that affect sea level. Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future explains that sea level along the U.S. west coast is affected by a number of factors. These include: climate patterns such as the El Niño, effects from the melting of modern and ancient ice sheets, and geologic processes, such as plate tectonics. Regional projections for California, Oregon, and Washington show a sharp distinction at Cape Mendocino in northern California. South of that point, sea-level rise is expected to be very close to global projections. However, projections are lower north of Cape Mendocino because the land is being pushed upward as the ocean plate moves under the continental plate along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. However, an earthquake magnitude 8 or larger, which occurs in the region every few hundred to 1,000 years, would cause the land to drop and sea level to suddenly rise.
Author : United States. Congress. House
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Page : 1594 pages
File Size : 47,31 MB
Release : 2001
Category : CD-ROMs
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Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".
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Page : 288 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Shipping
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Author : United States. Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources
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Page : 382 pages
File Size : 47,7 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Marine resources
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Page : 1100 pages
File Size : 24,56 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Government publications
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Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Government publications
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Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Page : 762 pages
File Size : 42,22 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Government publications
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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Author : United States. Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources
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Page : 700 pages
File Size : 18,33 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Marine resources
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