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Geology of the National Parks

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Module 8: Coasts & Sea-level Changes

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Main Topics: Module 8
Cape Cod National Seashore
Waves and Coasts
Acadia National Park
Changing Coasts and Sea Levels
Rising Sea Level and the Future
Optional Enrichment Article
A Rocking Review
Module 8 Wrap-Up

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GEOSC 10: Geology of the National Parks

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Module 1: Science!
Module 2: Making Mountains and Earthquakes
Module 3: Mountain Building & Volcanism
Module 4: Mountain Building, Obduction, and Tsunamis
Module 5: Tearing Down Mountains: Weathering, Mass Movement, and Landslides
Module 6: Tearing Down Mountains: Groundwater & Rivers
Module 7: Glaciers, Ice, and Permafrost
Module 8: Coasts & Sea-level Changes
Module 9: Deep Time: Stratigraphy and the Sedimentary Record
Module 10: Uniformitarianism & the Age of the Earth
Module 11: Evolution & Extinction
Module 12: Biodiversity, Global Warming and the Future
Course Review
Acknowledgments

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Authors: Dr. Richard Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, Department of Geosciences, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University and Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Professor, Department of Geosciences, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University

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