Systematic Variations in Barrier-Island Topography.

• Main Authors: Vincent, Linwood, Dolan, Robert, Hayden, Bruce, Resio, Donald
• Other Authors: VIRGINIA UNIV CHARLOTTESVILLE DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1975
• Subjects: Geography; Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; *COASTAL REGIONS; *TOPOGRAPHY; *ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; EIGENVECTORS; VARIATIONS; CLASSIFICATION; PATTERNS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; LANDFORMS; MEXICO GULF; *Barrier Islands; Atlantic Coast(United States); Gulf Coast Region(United States); Barrier Island; Barrier Islands; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA006355; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA006355

In order to abstract and characterize modes of topographic variation of barrier-island landforms, Atlantic and Gulf coast barrier islands were analyzed using an eigenvector analysis of profiles taken across the islands. Three types of barrier-island complexes were found and are discussed. Trends in...