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A method for constructing toxic waste site histories from old airphotos of coastal regions

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Archive aerial photos have been used to create a skeletal history for several toxic waste sites currently under investigation in the United States. Because many of the sites are very small in area, and the majority of the historical aerial photography is not large scale, specialized methods have, through experience, been developed to do this work. The result of the work is a series of standard format film stereograms and a detailed report. The report includes several unique methods for presenting the airphoto findings.

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Gustafson, G.C. A method for constructing toxic waste site histories from old airphotos of coastal regions. GeoJournal 24, 87–91 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213060

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