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Geology of Holocene Barrier Island Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)
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Geology of Holocene Barrier Island Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)
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Barrier islands represent a complex coastal system that includes a
number of different sedimentary depositional environments;
nearshore zone, beach, dunes, washover fans, marshes, tidal flats,
estuaries, lagoons, and tidal inlets. The morphodynamics of these
fragile coastal systems provide a further complication to this
coastal type. Although barrier islands comprise only 15% of the
world's coastline, they have received a far greater proportion of
attention from the scientific and engineering community, and more
recently, from coastal managers and environmentalists. Modern
barrier islands are arguably the most expensive and most vulnerable
of all coastal environments. Pressure from developers for
residential, industrial, and recreational development has caused
most of our barriers to become significantly impacted by human
activity, especially over the past few decades. These pres sures
have led to extensive preservation of natural barriers through
efforts from all levels of government and also by private
organizations. Governments have also formed coastal management
programs that help to control any future de velopment with the
intent being to keep human activity compatible with barrier island
morphodynamics. In order to devise appropriate coastal zone
management programs, it is necessary to have a comprehensive
understanding of the morpho dynamics of barrier island systems.
This volume provides comprehensive details on barrier island
morphology, sediment distribution, and the process-response
mechanisms that cause changes to both. These are the important
aspects of barrier systems that can provide important input into
the development and implementation of coastal management programs."
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