scholarly journals Coupled barrier island–resort model: 2. Tests and predictions along Ocean City and Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland

2008 ◽  
Vol 113 (F1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. McNamara ◽  
B. T. Werner
Keyword(s):  
Barrier Island ◽  
Ocean City ◽  
Assateague Island ◽  
National Seashore

SPIT ELONGATION AS A CONTROL ON DOWNDRIFT BARRIER-ISLAND STABILITY- INSIGHTS FROM ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, VA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloe A. Obara ◽  
◽  
Justin L. Shawler ◽  
Jennifer E. Connell ◽  
Christopher J. Hein
Keyword(s):  
Barrier Island ◽  
Assateague Island

scholarly journals OVERWASH PROCESSES ON ASSATEAGUE ISLAND

1974 ◽  
Vol 1 (14) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
John S. Fisher ◽  
Stephen P. Leatherman ◽  
Frederick C. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Barrier Island ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Northern Portion ◽  
Sedimentary Dynamics ◽  
Assateague Island

The primary barrier dune on the northern portion of Assateague Island, Maryland is presently being scarped on its seaward face and breached by storm-generated surges. During storms, sediment-ladened water moves across the dune line onto the barrier flats as overwash. The objective of this project is to determine the role overwash plays in barrier island sedimentary dynamics. An overwash model has been suggested. The nonvegetated overwash fan serves as a reservoir for the eventual distribution of the storm-deposited sand. Eolian processes, after the storm, determine the net contribution of overwash sand to each of the different morphological features, i.e., dunes, marsh, beach, etc.

scholarly journals Directional dependency and coastal framework geology: implications for barrier island resilience

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1139-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillipe A. Wernette ◽  
Chris Houser ◽  
Bradley A. Weymer ◽  
Mark E. Everett ◽  
Michael P. Bishop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Management ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Moving Average ◽  
Barrier Island ◽  
Arfima Models ◽  
Societal Pressure ◽  
Dune Morphology ◽  
Padre Island ◽  
National Seashore

Abstract. Barrier island transgression is influenced by the alongshore variation in beach and dune morphology, which determines the amount of sediment moved landward through wash-over. While several studies have demonstrated how variations in dune morphology affect island response to storms, the reasons for that variation and the implications for island management remain unclear. This paper builds on previous research by demonstrating that paleo-channels in the irregular framework geology can have a directional influence on alongshore beach and dune morphology. The influence of relict paleo-channels on beach and dune morphology on Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, was quantified by isolating the long-range dependence (LRD) parameter in autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average (ARFIMA) models, originally developed for stock market economic forecasting. ARFIMA models were fit across ∼250 unique spatial scales and a moving window approach was used to examine how LRD varied with computational scale and location along the island. The resulting LRD matrices were plotted by latitude to place the results in the context of previously identified variations in the framework geology. Results indicate that the LRD is not constant alongshore for all surface morphometrics. Many flares in the LRD plots correlate to relict infilled paleo-channels, indicating that the framework geology has a significant influence on the morphology of Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS). Barrier island surface morphology LRD is strongest at large paleo-channels and decreases to the north. The spatial patterns in LRD surface morphometrics and framework geology variations demonstrate that the influence of paleo-channels can be asymmetric (i.e., affecting beach–dune morphology preferentially in one direction alongshore) where the alongshore sediment transport gradient was unidirectional during island development. The asymmetric influence of framework geology on coastal morphology has long-term implications for coastal management activities because it dictates the long-term behavior of a barrier island. Coastal management projects should first seek to assess the framework geology and understand how it influences coastal processes in order to more effectively balance long-term natural variability with short-term societal pressure.

RECOVERY OF VEGETATION FOLLOWING A WILDFIRE IN A BARRIER ISLAND GRASSLAND, PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, TEXAS

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert I. Lonard ◽  
Frank W. Judd ◽  
Elizabeth H. Smith ◽  
Chenghai Yang
Keyword(s):  
Barrier Island ◽  
Padre Island ◽  
National Seashore

EAARL Coastal Topography and Imagery-Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia, Post-Nor'Ida, 2009

Data Series ◽  
10.3133/ds559 ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier ◽  
Amar Nayegandhi ◽  
J.C. Brock ◽  
C.W. Wright ◽  
D.B. Nagle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Assateague Island ◽  
National Seashore ◽  
Coastal Topography

Bordering Processes and Pony Wildness on Assateague Island

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Britton ◽  
Christian Hunold
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Barrier Island ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Multispecies Ethnography ◽  
Respect For Autonomy ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Beach Tourism ◽  
Multifunctional Landscape ◽  
Assateague Island ◽  
The U.S

Abstract This multispecies ethnography investigates how free-roaming ponies and humans participate in the production of “pony wildness” on Assateague Island, a barrier island located off the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast. The bordering practices of ponies intersect with the bordering practices of people to generate a relational conception of pony wildness that incorporates in people-pony relations a desire for intimacy with respect for autonomy, in a multifunctional landscape managed both as wilderness and as a beach tourism destination. This notion of pony wildness includes nonhuman charisma, fluidity, and managing human visitors. We conclude by discussing how the fluidity of pony wildness can help us think more imaginatively about other contexts in which communities of free-roaming nonhuman animals share space with human communities.

Restoration of overwash processes creates piping plover (Charadrius melodus) habitat on a barrier island (Assateague Island, Maryland)

2013 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney A. Schupp ◽  
Neil T. Winn ◽  
Tami L. Pearl ◽  
John P. Kumer ◽  
Tim J.B. Carruthers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Barrier Island ◽  
Piping Plover ◽  
Charadrius Melodus ◽  
Assateague Island
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