Characterizing Coastal Subenvironments with Modern Foraminiferal Assemblages: Bear Island and Bogue Banks, North Carolina

• Main Author: Shmorhun, Nina Maria-Elena
• Other Authors: Culver, Stephen J., Mallinson, David J., Geological Sciences
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: East Carolina University 2019
• Subjects: Stratigraphy; Onslow Bay; Bear Island; Geophysics; Foraminifera > North Carolina > Hammocks Beach State Park; Foraminifera > North Carolina > Bogue Banks; Sedimentology > North Carolina > Bogue Banks; Sedimentology > North Carolina > Hammocks Beach State Park; Micropaleontology > North Carolina > Hammocks Beach State Park; Micropaleontology > North Carolina > Bogue Banks; Barrier Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7018

North Carolina's coastline consists of an extensive barrier island system, with inlets acting as pathways for the exchange of sediment and water from estuarine and open ocean environments. Reconstructing past coastal changes in active systems, like those seen in North Carolina, is commonly achi...