USGS: Science Topics: erosion

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Erosion

The process whereby materials of the earth's crust are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and simultaneously moved from one place to another.

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National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise: preliminary results for the U.S. Pacific Coast [New Window]: Report on the potential of coastal change due to future sea level rise using the coastal vulnerability index (C.V.I.) with two regional examples in San Francisco and Monterey Bay and Tillamook Head, Oregon, to Ocean Shores, WA.
National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise: preliminary results of the U.S. Atlantic coast [New Window]: Brief report on map showing the relative vulnerability of the Atlantic coast to changes due to future rise in sea level. Includes links to similar maps in Open-file report 2000-178 on the Pacific Coast and 2000-179 on the Gulf of Mexico Coast.
National bridge scour database [New Window]: Database with detailed data on sites and data collected on scour (downward erosion by streamflow) at bridges, piers, and abutments in the United States.
Sinkholes [New Window]: Explains sinkhole formation and distribution, with special emphasis on their occurrence in Missouri
USGS news and information on El Nino [New Window]: Information sources on El Nino effects such as landslides, coastal hazards, floods. Includes links to maps and images.

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