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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Barrier island system"”.
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Holocene Geology and Migration of a Low-Profile Barrier Island System, Metompkin Island, Virginia
… of historical shoreline position, cross-island profile change, and stratigraphic data provided a shoreline response model for low-profile barrier island systems. Historical shoreline data illustrates continuous, shore-parallel retreat between 1852 and 1957, at which time the island …
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Geomorphologic evolution of a rapidly deteriorating barrier island system with multiple sediment sources: Eastern Isles Dernieres, Louisiana, 1887 to 2006
<p>Trinity, East, and Wine Islands make up the eastern half of the Isles Dernieres barrier arc in south-central Louisiana. Formed following the abandonment of the Lafourche delta complex, subsidence and storm erosion have led to rapid deterioration of the system. Since 1887, the land area of the …
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Distribution of Foraminifera and Pollen in Coastal Depositional Environments of the Southern Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia, U.S.A.
… Delmarva Peninsula exhibits a wide variety of barrier island system subenvironments. This study investigates whether 20 <em>a priori</em> subenvironments can be distinguished from each other on the basis of abiotic environmental variables, pollen assemblages, living foraminiferal populations, …
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A System-Level Analysis of Migratory Shorebird Habitat Use, Diet, and the Influence of Climate-Driven Ecosystem Change in the Virginia Barrier Islands
… are threatened by climate change. The Virginia barrier island system supports over 100,000 shorebirds annually, including federally threatened red knots (Calidris canutus rufa) and other state and regional species of conservation concern such as dunlin (Calidris alpina) and semipalmated …
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Living in Arverne : rebuilding the experience of landscape
… Starting with an understanding of the ecological system, the design acts as an enabler to the landscape, both at the scale of the urban plan and at the scale of the architecture. By paying attention to the forces of the air and water, the newly built landscape reveals these underlying systems in …
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Fayetteville and Imo Shales: Punctuated Upper Mississippian Shallowing Upward Sequence, Southern Ozark Region, Northern Arkansas
… strike of the rising strand line, likely as a barrier island system, as its equivalents are shale (basinward) and limestone (laterally along strike) (Stevens and Manger, 2018). A Maximum Flooding Interval is represented by the lower Fayetteville Shale. The upper Fayetteville Shale represents …
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Barrier Island Morphodynamic Insights from Applied Global Sensitivity Analysis and Decadal Exploratory Modeling
Barrier islands serve as valuable resources for coastal communities by reducing backbarrier flooding, providing wildlife habitat, and creating local economic activity through opportunities for recreation and tourism. Because the benefits of these islands are linked to their morphology, coastal …
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Shorebirds in a changing landscape: Assessing the top-down and bottom-up drivers of American oystercatcher (<i>Haematopus palliatus</i>) reproductive success in the Virginia barrier islands
… and new threats may emerge, as coastal ecosystems dynamically respond to global climate change. In the Virginia barrier islands, where American oystercatcher reproductive success has been historically high due to the widespread availability of undeveloped coastal habitat, declines in the …