The Role of Overwash on a Mid-Atlantic Coast Barrier Island
Kochel RC. 1986. The Role of Overwash on a Mid-Atlantic Coast Barrier Island. The Journal of Geology. 94:902-906
The importance of storms and their overwash in barrier island transgression is assessed uantitatively by determining net sediment budgets of four representative Assateague Island washover sites for the 1982-83 season: The results show that most of the annual accretion occurred during one large storm which had a return interval of 10 to 15 years. The combined effects of eight subsequent storms with return intervals of less than 2.5 years accounted for less sedimentation. Change due to eolian redistribution was insignificant.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Kochel, R.
- Units
- ASIS
- Keywords
- Assateague Island, Mid-Atlantic, Overwash, Sedimentation