Flyover showing geomorphology and coastal processes along the Atlantic shoreline : Cape Henlopen, Delaware to Cape Charles, Virginia, July 17-18, 1989 : field trip guidebook T219

About The Product Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series . The more than 4,000 km of barrier islands along the U.S. Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico comprise one of the largest, most diverse and most studied coastal barrier chains in the world. Within this chain, the coastal compartment from Delaware Bay to Chesapeake Bay offers superb examples of a variety of coastal and nearshore environments and shoreline features. Content: About The ProductPublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the __Field Trip Guidebooks Series__. The more than 4,000 km of barrier islands along the U.S. Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico comprise one of the largest, most diverse and most studied coastal barrier chains in the world. Within this chain, the coastal compartment from Delaware Bay to Chesapeake Bay offers superb examples of a variety of coastal and nearshore environments and shoreline features. Content: Title Page......Page 2 COPY RIGHT......Page 3 INTRODUCTION......Page 6 DELMARVA COASTAL ZONE......Page 8 GEOMORPHOLOGY AND COASTAL GEOLOGY......Page 11 HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL HISTORY......Page 15 FUTURE COASTAL EVOLUTION......Page 16 REFERENCES......Page 18