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Discussion of Christine C. Shepard, Vera N. Agostini, Ben Gilmer, Tashya Allen, Jeff Stone, William Brooks and Michael W. Beck. Reply: Evaluating alternative future sea-level rise scenarios, Natural Hazards, 2012 doi:10.1007/s11069-012-0160-2

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Boretti, A. Discussion of Christine C. Shepard, Vera N. Agostini, Ben Gilmer, Tashya Allen, Jeff Stone, William Brooks and Michael W. Beck. Reply: Evaluating alternative future sea-level rise scenarios, Natural Hazards, 2012 doi:10.1007/s11069-012-0160-2. Nat Hazards 65, 967–975 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-012-0268-4

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