Abstract The Hel Peninsula (the Southern Baltic, Poland) is an unusual example of a barrier
spit that enters and progrades into unusually deep waters. Here, we categorize and examine …

A small barrier beach exposed to low-energy waves and a small tidal range (0.7 m) along
Nantucket Sound, Mass., has experienced a remarkable growth phase followed by rapid …

The Świna barrier spit is situated in the Odra river mouth. It is a barrier between the two
Pleistocene push moraines of Usedom (Uznam in Polish) and Wolin (Wollin in German) …

Barrier spits are geological young, highly dynamic and represent a complex coastal system
that includes a number of different but closely related sedimentary depositional …

This study aims to reconstruct the development of the Holocene northern barrier spit of Sylt,
an island located off the southern German North Sea coast. The sedimentary architecture of …

A sedimentary model for hooked spit depositional systems based on ground‐penetrating
radar and sedimentological data is presented. The recurved main spit of Sylt Island …

ABSTRACT Several well‐preserved Late Pleistocene spit systems occur uplifted in northern
Jylland, Denmark. Their present‐day morphological expression allows detailed study of spit …

Barriers comprise approximately 15% of the world's coastlines and are formed due to the
combined action of wind, waves, and longshore currents. In this study ground-penetrating …

Abstract The Sillon de Talbert is a large swash-aligned gravel barrier spit of 3.5 km length,
situated on the Northern coast of Brittany. Over the last decades, the spit experienced …

The southern German North Sea coast was shaped by the last post-glacial sea-level rise
that caused a significant retreat of the coastline. Approximately 5 ka BP, the rate of sea-level …