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proportional to <strong>the</strong> rate of relative sea level rise observed for <strong>the</strong><br />

entire period of record at each station. These acceleration rates<br />

forecast that coastal Louisiana will experience a 1.5-2 m rise in<br />

sea level over <strong>the</strong> next century. These acceleration rates are con<br />

sistent with <strong>the</strong> forecasts of <strong>the</strong> <strong>National</strong> Academy of Sciences and<br />

<strong>the</strong> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of accelerated relative sea<br />

level rise due to <strong>the</strong> greenhouse effect (Hoffman et al., 1983).<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

This investigation was sponsored by <strong>the</strong> Louisiana Geological Survey,<br />

U.S. Geological Survey, and <strong>the</strong> Terrebonne Parish government (James B.<br />

Edmonson). The authors would like to thank <strong>the</strong> <strong>National</strong> Ocean Survey<br />

(David Zilkoski, Steve Lyles and John Till), U.S. Army Corps of Engi<br />

neers (Jay Combe, John Miller, Greg Cambell, and Hark Soloman). and Lou<br />

isiana State University (Randy Hebert. Sandy Sparks, David Hilensky,<br />

Rick Bowen, Laree Lejeune, and Robin Sanders). Within <strong>the</strong> Louisiana<br />

Geological Survey, Tangular Williams typed <strong>the</strong> manuscript, Toni McLaugh<br />

lin assisted in preparing <strong>the</strong> graphics, and Jacquelyn Monday directed<br />

manuscript production.

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