Open AccessBARRIER BEACHES AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE
Author(s) -
Edward H. Owens
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v14.69
Subject(s) - barrier island , longshore drift , oceanography , geology , littoral zone , estuary , shore , sediment transport , inlet , sediment , biological dispersal , tidal current , shoal , geomorphology , population , demography , sociology
Barrier islands and barrier beaches have developed across structurally controlled estuaries and embayments in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. The supply of sediments to the littoral zone and the subsequent accumulation of barrier deposits is a result of the reworking, transportation and longshore dispersal of sediments which are moved landward by tidal and wave-induced currents from the adjacent shallow sea floor. The size and stability of the barriers is controlled by the shoreline orientation.