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Page 31
... coast , a maximum rise of 52 inches in the level of the sea was noted at Sandy Hook , New Jersey , while the record increase for the Pacific coast during the 1940-1964 period was 2 inches at San Diego , Cali- fornia , and Seattle ...
... coast , a maximum rise of 52 inches in the level of the sea was noted at Sandy Hook , New Jersey , while the record increase for the Pacific coast during the 1940-1964 period was 2 inches at San Diego , Cali- fornia , and Seattle ...
Page 106
... coast of the Gulf of Mexico . The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey is still gathering records to define both the sequence and the mechanism of these widely scattered events . The Survey does not define it a seismic sea wave or tsunami ...
... coast of the Gulf of Mexico . The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey is still gathering records to define both the sequence and the mechanism of these widely scattered events . The Survey does not define it a seismic sea wave or tsunami ...
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... Coast Survey has a scientific fleet of its own - a total of 16 ships , manned by a total of 500 crewmen and 200 officers . The two major bases are at Norfolk and Seattle . The Coast Survey produces charts of the United States primarily ...
... Coast Survey has a scientific fleet of its own - a total of 16 ships , manned by a total of 500 crewmen and 200 officers . The two major bases are at Norfolk and Seattle . The Coast Survey produces charts of the United States primarily ...
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