LIST OF FIGURES 

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2.1 Cross-Spectral Characteristics Between Sea Level at San 

 Francisco and Honolulu: Yearly Data, 1905 Through 1971 



at San Francisco and Beginning 1907 at Honolulu 9 



2.2 Mean Annual Relative Sea Level Changes During 40-Year Record. 

 Lines Define Three Main Segments of East Coast with Differing 



Sea Level Trends 11 



2.3 Characteristics of Tide Gage Data by 30° Longitude and Latitude 

 Sectors. The Lower Values Represent the Number of Tide Gages 

 in Each Sector. The Upper (Signed) Numbers Represent the 

 Linear Long-Term Relative Sea Level Change Resulting from 



Those Gages 13 



2.4 Distribution by 5° Latitude Belts of a) Tide Gage Stations, 

 and b) Median Values of Linear Long-Term Trends of Relative 

 Sea Level. Note the Tendency for a Relative Drop in Sea 



Level for the Higher Latitudes 14 



2.5 Long-Term Tide Gage Trend Results, h, versus Latitude, 0. 

 Continental United States and Alaska 16 



2.6 Average Annual Sea Level Variations for Pensacola, Florida . . 20 



2.7 Use of Two Compacting Gages to Obtain Compaction Distribution 



over Depth Zones h^, hg, and hg-h^ 22 



3.1 Results of Centrifuge -aided Compaction in Comparison to Two 

 Theories 27 



3.2 Device for Monitoring Compaction and Groundwater Elevation . . 28 



3.3 Isolines of Total Subsidence (in cm) from 1935-1968 in Osaka, 

 Japan 32 



3.4 Monthly Record of a) Groundwater Level and b) Rate of 



Subsidence in Osaka, Japan 33 



4.1 Tidal Wave Envelope in an Estuary in which the Wave is 



Reflected at the Upstream Closed End 39 



4.2 Locations of Four Tide Gages in the German Bight 43 



4.3 Response of a Shallow Inlet/Deep Bay System to Sea Level 



Rise: Changes in Mean Bay Level and Tidal Amplitudes 46 



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