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East Beaufort Sea Coast (U.S. Canadian Border to Hulahula River)

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Gibbs, A.E., Ohman, K.A., Coppersmith, R., and Richmond, B.M., 2017, National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS compilation of updated vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the north coast of Alaska, U.S. Canadian border to Icy Cape (ver. 2.0, September 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F72Z13N1.

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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal change. Data for calculating historical rates of shoreline change for the East Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska are included here. Data for all the USGS National Assesment of Shoreline Change Projects can be viewed on the USGS Coastal Change Hazards Portal at https://marine.usgs.gov/coastalchangehazardsportal/.

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This data release is an update to the North coast of Alaska long-term shoreline change assessment data (Gibbs and others, 2015; https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1030/). It includes revised rate-of-change calculations based on additional shoreline position data and improved rate metrics.
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