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 …

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 …

Contribution of longshore sand exchanges to mesoscale barrier-island behavior: Insights from the Virginia Barrier Islands, US East Coast

MG Robbins, JL Shawler, CJ Hein - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of coastal adaptation pathways along sandy barrier-island coasts requires
an understanding of multi-decadal barrier morphodynamics in response to forcings such as …

Reconstructing coastal sediment budgets from beach‐and foredune‐ridge morphology: A coupled field and modeling approach

DJ Ciarletta, JL Shawler, C Tenebruso… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Preserved beach and foredune ridges may serve as proxies for coastal change, reflecting
alterations in sea level, wave energy, or past sediment fluxes. In particular, time‐varying …

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 …

Bypassing at a headland-controlled meso-scale tidal inlet

MC Pullig, AH da Fontoura Klein, L Pool, DCL Alves… - Geomorphology, 2025 - Elsevier
In this paper, a conceptual model is presented addressing the morphological evolution of a
headland-controlled inlet at Babitonga Bay, Southern Brazil. Multiple historic bathymetric …

Hydrodynamics and Sediment-Transport Pathways along a Mixed-Energy Spit-Inlet System: A Modeling Study at Chincoteague Inlet (Virginia, USA)

IY Georgiou, F Messina, MM Sakib, S Zou… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tidal-inlet systems are dynamic features that respond to short-term (eg, storms) and longer-
term processes (eg, sea-level rise, changes in tidal prism). The Chincoteague Inlet system …

Spit Elongation And Re-Orientation Controls Downdrift Sediment Fluxes And Inlet Morphology

M SAKIB, F MESSINA, S ZOU… - … Sediments 2023: The …, 2023 - World Scientific
Patterns of spit growth (elongation or re-orientation) can be sensitive to long-term changes
in wave climate, which can starve downdrift barriers of sediment. This study quantifies …

Headland Sediment Bypassing and Overpassing: Examples from Southern Brazil

AHF Klein, GV DA SILVA, AD Short… - … 2019: Proceedings of …, 2019 - World Scientific
This paper addresses the range of processes (wind, waves, tides and currents) responsible
for transporting sediment past headlands by bypassing and overpassing. Field data was …