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Barrier Island Evolution

Barrier Island Evolution is a geomorphological process denoting the long-term development and transformation of barrier islands through the interplay of sea-level change, sediment supply, storm activity, and tidal dynamics, distinguishing it from other coastal evolutionary models by its focus on the lateral and vertical accretion, migration, and potential destabilization of elongated, shore-parallel sandy islands.

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Barrier-island genesis: evidence from the central atlantic shelf, eastern U.S.A.

Donald J. P. Swift · Sedimentary Geology · 1975 · 256 citations

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Barrier Island Formation

John H. Hoyt · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1967 · 253 citations

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The importance of extratropical and tropical cyclones on the short-term evolution of barrier islands along the northern Gulf of Mexico, USA

Gregory W. Stone, Baozhu Liu, David A. Pepper et al. · Marine Geology · 2004 · 175 citations

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The evolution of coastal barrier systems: a case study of the Middle-Late Pleistocene Wilderness barriers, South Africa

Mark D. Bateman, Andrew S. Carr, Adam C. Dunajko et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews · 2010 · 148 citations

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Influence of inner-continental shelf geologic framework on the evolution and behavior of the barrier-island system between Fire Island Inlet and Shinnecock Inlet, Long Island, New York

William C. Schwab, E. Robert Thieler, James Allen et al. · Journal of Coastal Research · 2000 · 142 citations

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Authors

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  1. JL
    Jennifer L. Miselis

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    5 publications · 165 citations

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  2. CJ
    Christopher J. Hein

    William & Mary, United States

    5 publications · 256 citations

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  3. EG
    Ervin G. Otvos

    University of Southern Mississippi, United States

    5 publications · 178 citations

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  4. SR
    Sérgio R. Dillenburg

    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    4 publications · 240 citations

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  5. GW
    Gregory W. Stone

    Louisiana State University, United States

    4 publications · 256 citations

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Institutions

131

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    14 h-index

    67 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

    St. Petersburg, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    586 citations

  3. Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

    Woods Hole, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    637 citations

  4. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    447 citations

  5. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    428 citations

  6. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    434 citations

  7. University of Algarve

    Faro, Portugal

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    722 citations

  8. William & Mary

    Williamsburg, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    352 citations

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Venues

  1. Marine Geology

    14 publications · 988 citations

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  2. Journal of Coastal Research

    JCR · 14 publications · 587 citations

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  3. Geomorphology

    9 publications · 364 citations

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  4. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    8 publications · 561 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

    5 publications · 208 citations

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