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# National Assessment of Shoreline Change Part 4: Historical Coastal Cliff Retreat along the California Coast

### U.S. Geological SurveyOpen File Report 2007-1133

#### by: Cheryl J. Hapke and David Reid

#### 2007

| **Standard-resolution version:** Open this 57-page publication in Adobe® Reader**of2007-1133.pdf - 3.9 MB PDF**"National Assessment of Shoreline Change Part 4: Historical Coastal Cliff Retreat along the California Coast" is a 57-page, full-color discussion that summarizes regional historical changes along California’s coastal cliffs with descriptions of coastal land loss for each region within the state.
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**Plain Text version** (open this file in any text editing program): of2007-1133.txt (308 KB ASCII).  This version is raw text and has no illustrations.  

**Data compilations**—see also:Open-File Report 2004-1089 The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the U.S. Gulf of MexicoOpen-File Report 2006-1251 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Open-File Report 2007-1112 The National Assessment of Shoreline Change; A GIS Compilation of Vector Cliff Edges and Associated Cliff Erosion Data for the California Coast |  | **Related Research Projects:**

National Assessment of Coastal Change HazardsUSGS Coastal & Marine Geology Program

Coastal Classification Mapping ProjectUSGS Coastal & Marine Geology Program

**Related Links:**

National Assessment of Shoreline Change; Historical Shoreline Changes and Associated Coastal Land Loss...

Part 1,  Along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico - USGS Open-File Report 2004-1043

Part 2, Along the U.S. Southeast Atlantic Coast - USGS Open-File Report 2005-1401

Part 3, Along Sandy Shorelines of the California Coast - USGS Open-File Report 2006-1219

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