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Science 27 April 1979:
Vol. 204. no. 4391, pp. 401 - 403
DOI: 10.1126/science.204.4391.401-a
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Barrier Island Configuration

The 11 Virginia barrier islands are undergoing rapid changes in shore-line configuration. If this trend continues for another 100 years, two capelike features will develop. The process responsible for this island-chain pattern may be a standing edge wave trapped between Assateague Island and Cape Charles.

Submitted on June 5, 1978
Revised on October 17, 1978


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