Coastal barriers—Nomenclature, processes, and classification issues

EG Otvos - Geomorphology, 2012 - Elsevier
The designation “coastal barrier”, related terms and their varied interpretations, and critical
concepts in coastal plain and nearshore geology, underwent numerous reincarnations over …

Proxy records of Holocene storm events in coastal barrier systems: Storm-wave induced markers

J Goslin, LB Clemmensen - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Extreme storm events in the coastal zone are one of the main forcing agents of short-term
coastal system behavior. As such, storms represent a major threat to human activities …

Historical changes in the Mississippi-Alabama barrier-island chain and the roles of extreme storms, sea level, and human activities

RA Morton - Journal of Coastal Research, 2008 - meridian.allenpress.com
Barrier-island chains worldwide are undergoing substantial changes, and their futures
remain uncertain. An historical analysis of a barrier-island chain in the north-central Gulf of …

Storm surge propagation in Galveston Bay during hurricane Ike

JL Rego, C Li - Journal of Marine Systems, 2010 - Elsevier
We studied Hurricane Ike's storm surge along the Texas–Louisiana coast using the fully
nonlinear Finite-Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM, by Chen et al., 2003) with a high …

Tsunami deposits: present knowledge and future challenges

PJM Costa, C Andrade - Sedimentology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tsunami deposits are the primary source of information on (past) large tsunami events and
thereby are crucial for accurate hazard assessments. Tsunami deposits studies have …

Coastal habitats of the Gulf of Mexico

IA Mendelssohn, MR Byrnes, RT Kneib… - … and Biota of the Gulf of …, 2017 - Springer
Urbanization and industrial development pressures have seriously impacted coastal
ecosystems, including vegetated intertidal and subtidal marine habitats such as barrier …

The use of hyperspectral remote sensing to assess vascular plant species richness on Horn Island, Mississippi

KL Lucas, GA Carter - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2008 - Elsevier
Relationships of plant species richness with spectral indices derived from airborne
hyperspectral image data were evaluated for several habitat-types on Horn Island …

[图书][B] Understanding the long-term evolution of the coupled natural-human coastal system: the future of the US Gulf Coast

National Academies of Sciences… - 2018 - books.google.com
The US Gulf Coast provides a valuable setting to study deeply connected natural and
human interactions and feedbacks that have led to a complex, interconnected coastal …

Response of a vulnerable barrier island to multi-year storm impacts: LiDAR-data-inferred morphodynamic changes on Ship Island, Mississippi, USA

ER Eisemann, DJ Wallace, MC Buijsman, T Pierce - Geomorphology, 2018 - Elsevier
Barrier systems around the world are experiencing accelerated sea-level rise, reduced
sediment supply, and frequent hurricane impacts. However, detailed quantitative field-based …

Barrier island response to late Holocene climate events, North Carolina, USA

DJ Mallinson, CW Smith, S Mahan, SJ Culver… - Quaternary …, 2011 - cambridge.org
The Outer Banks barrier islands of North Carolina, USA, contain a geologic record of inlet
activity that extends from ca. 2200 cal yr BP to the present, and can be used as a proxy for …