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Historical Shoreline Changes at Rincón, Puerto Rico, 1936-2006


Table 2. Average rates of shoreline change for coastal reaches for the Rincón, Puerto Rico study area.
[m/yr, meters per year]


Coastal
reach

Average long-term rate of
shoreline change (m/yr),
1936-2006

Average short-term rate of
shoreline change (m/yr),
1994-2006

A

-0.2 ± 0.1

-0.3 ± 0.4

B

-1.1 ± 0.3

-1.0 ± 0.4

C

-0.4 ± 0.2

-0.7 ± 0.4

D

-0.2 ± 0.2

-0.3 ± 0.4

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