scholarly journals BARRIER ISLAND DYNAMICS: OVERWASH PROCESSES AND SOLIAN TRANSPORT

1976 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Leatherman
Keyword(s):  
Barrier Island ◽  
Sediment Budget ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Dune Field ◽  
Assateague Island ◽  
Washover Fan ◽  
Island Dynamics

The northern 5 miles of shoreline at Assateague Island, Maryland are presently being eroded. During storms, swash surges are able to overtop the most landward (storm) berm as overwash with deposition occurring on the barren flats. Where primary barrier dunes still exist, sediment-charged surges are funneled through breaches in the dune field for deposition of the entrained material on the washover fan. Sediment budget computations show that there has been a small net loss of material at each washover area, in spite of 7 discrete overwash events during a 26 month time interval. The predominant northwest winds effectively eroded the overwash material, transporting the majority of the sand back to the beach. This analysis indicates that there exists a balance between overwash and eolian processes with wind transport being slightly dominant.

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.

Shoreline Analysis and Barrier Island Dynamics: Decadal Scale Patterns from Cedar Island, Virginia

2012 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 332-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie H. Nebel ◽  
Arthur C. Trembanis ◽  
Donald C. Barber
Keyword(s):  
Barrier Island ◽  
Decadal Scale ◽  
Cedar Island ◽  
Island Dynamics

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

scholarly journals Low resistance to overwash promotes sustained accretion of a washover fan on a transgressive barrier island during non-stormy periods

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio B Rodriguez ◽  
Ethan J Theuerkauf ◽  
Justin T Ridge ◽  
Beth M VanDusen ◽  
Stephen R Fegley
Keyword(s):  
Barrier Island ◽  
Low Resistance ◽  
Washover Fan
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