Barrier Dune System along the Outer Banks of North Carolina: A Reappraisal
- 21 April 1972
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 176 (4032), 286-288
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.176.4032.286
Abstract
Barrier dune development has been encouraged by man along the Outer Banks of North Carolina to stabilize the barrier islands. This modification of a delicately balanced natural system is leading to severe adjustments in both geological and ecological processes.Keywords
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