Controls on the geomorphic response of beach-dune systems to water level rise

RGD Davidson-Arnott, BO Bauer - Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper offers a synthesis of the disparate evidence on the importance of the magnitude
and duration of water level rise in both lacustrine and marine environments in relation to …

The effect of coastal landform development on decadal-to millennial-scale longshore sediment fluxes: Evidence from the Holocene evolution of the central mid-Atlantic …

JL Shawler, CJ Hein, CA Obara, MG Robbins… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The behavior of siliciclastic coastal systems is largely controlled by the interplay between
accommodation creation and infilling. Factors responsible for altering sediment fluxes to and …

Shoreface erosion counters blue carbon accumulation in transgressive barrier-island systems

MB Barksdale, CJ Hein, ML Kirwan - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Landward migration of coastal ecosystems in response to sea-level rise is altering coastal
carbon dynamics. Although such landscapes rapidly accumulate soil carbon, barrier-island …

Can barrier islands survive sea‐level rise? Quantifying the relative role of tidal inlets and overwash deposition

JH Nienhuis, J Lorenzo‐Trueba - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Barrier island response to sea‐level rise depends on their ability to transgress and move
sediment onto and behind the barrier, either through flood‐tidal delta deposition or via …

Relative influence of antecedent topography and sea‐level rise on barrier‐island migration

JL Shawler, DJ Ciarletta, JE Connell, BQ Boggs… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The response of barrier islands to sea‐level rise is modulated by combinations of coastal
processes, eco‐geomorphic feedbacks and structural controls, such as antecedent …

Leveraging the interdependencies between barrier islands and backbarrier saltmarshes to enhance resilience to sea-level rise

CJ Hein, MS Fenster, KB Gedan, JR Tabar… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Barrier islands and their backbarrier saltmarshes have a reciprocal relationship: aeolian and
storm processes transport sediment from the beaches and dunes to create and build …

Predicted sea‐level rise‐driven biogeomorphological changes on Fire Island, New York: Implications for people and plovers

SL Zeigler, BT Gutierrez, EE Lentz, NG Plant… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasting biogeomorphological conditions for barrier islands is critical for informing sea‐
level rise (SLR) planning, including management of coastal development and ecosystems …

Quantifying Thresholds of Barrier Geomorphic Change in a Cross-Shore Sediment Partitioning Model

DJ Ciarletta, JL Miselis, JL Shawler… - Earth Surface …, 2020 - esurf.copernicus.org
Barrier coasts, including barrier islands, beach-ridge plains, and associated landforms, can
assume a broad spectrum of morphologies over decadal scales that reflect conditions of …

Implications for the resilience of modern coastal systems derived from mesoscale barrier dynamics at Fire Island, New York

DJ Ciarletta, JL Miselis, JC Bernier… - Earth Surface …, 2024 - esurf.copernicus.org
Understanding the response of coastal barriers to future changes in rates of sea level rise,
sediment availability, and storm intensity/frequency is essential for coastal planning …

Impacts of sediment removal from and placement in coastal barrier island systems

JL Miselis, JG Flocks, S Zeigler, D Passeri, DR Smith… - 2021 - pubs.usgs.gov
Executive Summary On June 24, 2019, Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Chair of the
House Committee on Natural Resources, sent a letter to the directors of the US Fish and …