Atlas of environmental dynamics, Assateague Island National Seashore
Dolan R, Hayden BP, Heywood J. 1977. Atlas of environmental dynamics, Assateague Island National Seashore. Natural Resource Report 11. National Park Service. Charlottesville, VA
An overview of the barrier island dynamics at work on Assateague Island: geology (geological history, sea level change, geological processes, inlets and overwash, dunes, barrier island cross-section); coastal processes (process/response, tropical and extratropical storms, tides and waves, currents, data collection: wave hindcasting and COSOP, Assateague storm data); monitoring island dynamics (remote sensing and sequential data, orthagonal grid-address system, shoreline change and orientation, projected Assateague configuration); barrier island management (spatial and temporal variation, episodic/trend model of dynamics, consequences of management decisions, vegetation response to dune construction, vulnerability matrix); and summary.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Dolan, Robert; Hayden, Bruce; Heywood, Jeffrey
- Date of Issue
- 1977-10
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ASIS
- Keywords
- Assateague Island National Seashore MD VA, Coastal Dynamics, Coastal Regions, Geology, Management, Remote Sensing, Shoreline Change, Storms, Vegetation, Waves