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 islands has decreased seventy-seven percent, and the gulf shoreline has retreated landward more than a kilometer. Wave ravinement on the shoreface of the islands is responsible for the most sediment loss; liberated sediment travels longshore to tidal inlets. The dominant ebb tidal currents then transport the sediment to where it is deposited in ebb tidal deltas or carried to the west, out of the system. A large lobe of sediment bypassing Cat Island Pass is entering the system from the eastern lower shoreface, which helps replace some of the sediment lost through wave ravinement to the upper shoreface.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Kirkland, Benjamin T

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kulp, Mark
• Georgiou, Ioannis
• Gani, M. Royhan

• coastal geomorphology
• coastal processes
• barrier islands
• Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment
• Environmental Monitoring
• Geology
• Geomorphology
• Sedimentology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1564

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-2636