Nature of the Outer Banks Environmental Processes, Field Sites, and Development Issues, Corolla to Ocracoke

Name: Nature of the Outer Banks Environmental Processes, Field Sites, and Development Issues, Corolla to Ocracoke
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ISBN: 9780807872345

ISBN-10: 0807872342

ISBN-13: 9780807872345

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Dirk Frankenberg, Betsy Bennett

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North Carolina's Outer Banks are in constant motion, responding to weather, waves, and the rising sea level. Beaches erode, sometimes taking homes or sections of highway with them into the surf; sand dunes migrate with the wind; and storms open new inlets and dump sand in channels and sounds. A classic guide,The Nature of the Outer Banksdescribes these dynamic forces and guides visitors to sites where they can see these phenomena in action.In the first section of the book, Dirk Frankenberg highlights three major processes on the Outer Banks: the rising sea level, movement of sand by wind and water, and stabilization of sand by plant life. In the second section, he provides a mile-by-mile…

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List price: $19.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 3/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 174
Size: 6.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Betsy Bennett is director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.



Foreword



Preface



Environmental Processes


Inlet Dynamics, Sea Level Rise, and Landward Migration


Sand Transport by Wind and Water


Sand Stabilization by Plants


Deposition in the Sounds behind the Barriers



Guide to Field Sites: Corolla to Ocracoke


Whalebone Junction to Corolla


Whalebone Junction to Rodanthe


Rodanthe to Canadian Hole near Buxton


Hatteras Island


Hatteras/Ocracoke Ferry across Hatteras Inlet


Ocracoke Island


Conclusion



Issues for the Future


History of Outer Banks Resource Use


Fisheries: A Resource at Risk from Overexploitation


Water Supplies: Rainfall, Groundwater, and Aquifers


Wastewater Disposal: A Problem with No Good Solution


Suggested Reading


Index