Census Blocks, Percent Flooded under Sea Level Rise Scenarios

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Originator: Matthew Heberger
Publication_Date: 2009
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Publisher: Pacific Institute
Publication_Place: Oakland CA
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Series_Name: The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the California Coast
Originator: Pablo Herrera
Originator: Pacific Institute
Title: Census Blocks, Percent Flooded under Sea Level Rise Scenarios
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Publication_Date: 2009
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Publication_Place: Oakland, Ca
Publisher: Pacific Institute
Online_Linkage: <http://www.pacinst.org/reports/sea_level_rise>
Originator: Heather Cooley
Originator: Peter Gleick
Originator: Pablo Herrera
Originator: Heberger, M. and P. Herrera
Publication_Date: 2009
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Series_Name: The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the California Coast
Online_Linkage: <http://www.pacinst.org/reports/sea_level_rise>

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