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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"outer banks"”.
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Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) demography, behavior, and movement on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is an imperiled shorebird that inhabits sandy beaches along the North American Atlantic Coast. The species' decline has been attributed to habitat loss, disturbance, and predation throughout its range, although most conservation efforts have focused on …
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Change in Shoreline Position for Two Consecutive Years Using LIDAR Along the Outer Banks, North Carolina
<p>The signal of shoreline change for the Outer Banks, North Carolina is non-stationary. A baseline, west of the first line of dunes, is created for each 5 km section and shore-perpendicular profiles constructed every 20 meters in the alongshore direction. The profiles are obtained from two light …
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The Influence of Bank Vegetation on Flow Structure Within a Small Agricultural Stream: Implications for Channel Stability
Vegetation growing on river banks can have significant effects on the flow, sediment transport, and ultimately channel form. Although past studies in fluvial geomorphology have largely ignored the complicated role ofinstream and bank vegetation, some recent studies have attempted to characterize …
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Activity patterns at Cape Hatteras National Seashore: an analysis of off-road vehicle and pedestrian users among visitors and residents
… from visitors and local residents of the Outer Banks, and to explore the differences in use for off-road vehicle (ORV) users and pedestrians within each of these user groups. During the summer of 1978, 598 visitors were randomly sampled at Cape Hatteras and sent mail-back questionnaires. …
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At The Water's Edge: The Grid in Coastal Construction
The Outer Banks are a special place at the end of land and the beginning of water, and yet, most of the houses built on these islands seem to take no notice. A drive down the beach road reveals house after house that are essentially suburban dwellings raised above flood level on piles. This project …
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Settler Colonialism in U.S. Popular Media as Influencing Perceptions of Material Culture and Museum Ethics
… (1981-2024), National Treasure (2004-2023), and "Outer Banks" (2020- ) franchises. The core aim for future thought and research is to understand how museums and filmmakers alike may more ethically and equitably represent people and material culture.
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Survey Techniques to Examine Morphological Evolution of Coastal Regions
… from the dune to the low-tide water line on the Outer Banks of North Carolina at the US Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility in Duck. The 22,500 m2 area of interest was surveyed daily by a walker carrying a GPS-equipped backpack and occasionally with a lidar equipped drone. Surveys of …
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The Final Ambush : An Adapted Battlefield Analysis of the U-576 Attack Upon Allied Convoy KS-520 off Cape Hatteras During the Second World War
… and turned the waters off North Carolina's Outer Banks into a battlefield. Using a particular convoy battle, the U-boat attack on Allied convoy KS-520 (15 July 1942) as a case study, this thesis seeks to adapt terrestrial battlefield survey techniques to analyze a naval engagement. Drawing …
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Biology and Impacts of Leech Infestation in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) in Back Bay, Virginia
… Virginia, USA. The Oregon Inlet along the Outer Banks of North Carolina is the only significant salinity source to the Bay via the Pamlico and Currituck Sounds of North Carolina. Today Back Bay is considered a brackish ecosystem with salinity of 2004, leeches have been observed in the oral …
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Quantifying turbidity current interactions with topography
… the importance of current runup onto the outer banks of channel bends. This runup resulted in focused overbank flow and production of thick, coarse, steep levees at these sites.
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Flux: Creating Dynamic Systems Within the Built Environment
… built environment, focusing specifically on the Outer Banks, a series of barrier islands located off the northern coast of North Carolina. It looks at this relationship through three languages: scientific (or geomorphologic), legislative and design. Next is a sampling of case studies aimed at …
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Understanding the Risk Perception of Commercial Fishermen
… from the gulf coast of Florida and inner outer banks of North Carolina. A quantitative survey covering demographics and fishing experience was included with the interviews. Interviews were transcribed and reviewed using thematic analysis to establish reoccurring themes. Results from the …
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The Application of Macro- and Microfossils to Identify Paleoearthquakes in Sumatra, Indonesia and to Characterize Geomorphic and Ecological Succession on a Marsh Platform After Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina, USA
… hurricanes in environments such as the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
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Suspended sediment supply dominated by channel processes in a low-gradient agricultural watershed, Wildcat Slough, Fisher, IL, USA
… used for agriculture, but forests, floodplains, banks, a restored prairie and grasslands, and a pasture are also present in the watershed. The majority of the river is retained within a deep, channelized ditch with a network of drainage tiles emptying into it as it flows through the farm fields. …
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An evaluation of North Carolina's mandatory oceanfront setback policy: a case study of Nags Head
… one of the most developed areas of the Outer Banks, and has witnessed significant growth over the past twenty years. Due to Bodie Island’s northeast orientation, Nags Head has experienced severe erosion in many areas, stemming in part from northeasters and other coastal storms. The …
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Decadal-scale evolution of a barrier island : Insights from storm overwash and shoreline change on Ocracoke Island, NC
… over 300 km of barrier islands that comprise the Outer Banks and act as an important buffer from the Atlantic Ocean and boundary to the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System. These islands also draw millions of visitors and dollars to the state every year. With sea-level rise and the persistence of …
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Modelling near-bank flow hydraulics
… the form of a streamtube, especially along the outer banks, creates high shear stresses within these areas. As a result, outer bank migration rates are likely to be relatively high in bends with inner bank separation zones.
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The Hydrogeology of Nags Head Woods, Dare County, North Carolina
<p>Nags Head Woods, a coastal maritime forest located on a barrier island in eastern North Carolina, stabilizes a back-barrier dune system bordering a tidal marsh. The purpose of this study is to provide basic information about the groundwater geology in Nags Head Woods and to predict the effects …
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