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2005 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Barrier

verfasst von : Eric Bird

Erschienen in: Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Verlag: Springer Netherlands

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A barrier (coastal barrier) is an elongated coastal ridge of deposited sediment built-up by wave action above high tide level offshore or across the mouths of inlets or embayments. It is usually backed by a lagoon or swamp, which separates it from the mainland or from earlier barriers. A barrier, thus defined, is distinct from a bar, which is submerged at least at high tide (Shepard, 1952), and from reefs of biogenic origin (see Coral Reefs). Most barriers consist of sand, but some contain gravel as well as sand, and others consist entirely of gravel (shingle): see Gravel Barriers. Chesil Beach, on the south coast of England, is a well-known shingle barrier, and similar features are seen on the southeast coast of Iceland, and on the east and south coasts of South Island, New Zealand. Commonly the gravel has been derived from glacial or periglacial deposits, as on the north coast of Alaska and the southern shores of the Baltic Sea. …

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Metadaten
Titel
Barrier
verfasst von
Eric Bird
Copyright-Jahr
2005
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3880-1_26