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An integrated hypothesis for regional patterns of shoreline change along the Northern North Carolina Outer Banks, USA

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Lazarus, ED; Murray, AB
Published in: Marine Geology
March 15, 2011

Combining analyses of plan-view shoreline change and shoreline curvature with existing nearshore geologic and bathymetric data and the results of a recent theoretical, large-scale shoreline-evolution model that couples geologic framework to alongshore sediment transport, we propose an integrated explanation for persistent patterns of shoreline change observed on the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina, USA. Concentrated sources of coarse-grained sediment, derived from relict fluvial stratigraphy or densely grouped relict inlet channels excavated from the shoreface, may both enable persistence of nearshore bathymetric anomolies and control multi-km-scale undulations in shoreline curvature, which in turn affect gradients in wave-driven alongshore sediment transport that drive long-term shoreline change. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.

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Marine Geology

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0025-3227

Publication Date

March 15, 2011

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281

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1-4

Start / End Page

85 / 90

Related Subject Headings

  • Oceanography
  • 37 Earth sciences
  • 04 Earth Sciences
 

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Lazarus, E. D., & Murray, A. B. (2011). An integrated hypothesis for regional patterns of shoreline change along the Northern North Carolina Outer Banks, USA. Marine Geology, 281(1–4), 85–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2011.02.002
Lazarus, E. D., and A. B. Murray. “An integrated hypothesis for regional patterns of shoreline change along the Northern North Carolina Outer Banks, USA.” Marine Geology 281, no. 1–4 (March 15, 2011): 85–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2011.02.002.
Lazarus, E. D., and A. B. Murray. “An integrated hypothesis for regional patterns of shoreline change along the Northern North Carolina Outer Banks, USA.” Marine Geology, vol. 281, no. 1–4, Mar. 2011, pp. 85–90. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2011.02.002.
Journal cover image

Published In

Marine Geology

DOI

ISSN

0025-3227

Publication Date

March 15, 2011

Volume

281

Issue

1-4

Start / End Page

85 / 90

Related Subject Headings

  • Oceanography
  • 37 Earth sciences
  • 04 Earth Sciences