Barrier island
Barrier islands are landforms which are flat or lumpy areas of sand. It is formed by waves and tides. They usually occur in chains. It can consist from a few islands to more than a dozen. They can change during storms and other actions. The longest and widest barrier island is Padre Island of Texas.[1]
Barrier Island Media
Mantoloking, New Jersey rests on the barrier island of Barnegat Bay. Note how the barrier island shields the inland Barnegat Bay (left) from the more powerful wave action of the open Atlantic Ocean (right).
Barrier island contrasted with other coastal landforms
Outer barrier in Long Island
The Mississippi–Alabama barrier islands guarding Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound
Isles Dernieres in 1853 and 1978. Wave action detaches Isles Dernieres from the mainland.
Jekyll Island, in the U.S. state of Georgia
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References
- ↑ Garrison, J. R.; Williams, J.; Potter Miller, S.; Weber, E. T.; McMechan, G.; Zeng, X. (2010-04-01). "Ground-Penetrating Radar Study of North Padre Island: Implications for Barrier Island Internal Architecture, Model for Growth of Progradational Microtidal Barrier Islands, and Gulf of Mexico Sea-Level Cyclicity". Journal of Sedimentary Research. 80 (4): 303–319. Bibcode:2010JSedR..80..303G. doi:10.2110/jsr.2010.034. ISSN 1527-1404.
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