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 *Field, M. E., and D. B. Duane. 1976. Post-Pleistocene history of the United 

 States inner continental shelf: significance to origin of barrier islands. 

 Geological Society of America Bulletin 87(5) :691-702. 



This article explains differences in shoreline and shelf configuration 

 along segments of the U.S. Atlantic coast. Regional trends in shelf struc- 

 ture, sediment sources, and history are discussed. 



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 *Fisher, J. J. 1968. Barrier island formation: discussion. Geological 

 Society of America Bulletin 79:1421-1425. 



The author presents his hypotheses on the evolution of various types of 

 barrier islands. Barrier islands chains from the eastern United States 

 to the western Gulf of Mexico are discussed. 



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Giles, R. T. 1966. River, beach and dune sands of the southeastern Atlantic 

 coast of the United States. Pages 71-76 vn_ J . H. Hoyt, ed . Pleistocene 

 and Holocene sediments, Sapelo Island, Georgia, and vicinity. Geological 

 Society of America, Southwestern Section, Guidebook for field trip No. 1, 

 April 11-13, 1966. 



Discusses analyses of 53 beaches, 50 dune and 40 river samples collected 

 from Cape Hatteras to Miami Beach. 



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 *Giles, R. T., and 0. H. Pilkey. 1965. Atlantic beach and dune sediments of 

 the southern United States. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 35:900-910. 



Describes the nature and sources of beach and dune sediments, as well as 

 regional sorting effects, from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to Miami 

 Beach, Florida. 



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 *Godfrey, P. J. 1976. Barrier beaches of the East Coast. Oceanus 19(5) :27- 

 40. 



An overview of the basic physiographic and ecological features of the 

 barrier beaches and islands along the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico, 

 including structure and function, dunes, salt marshes, and the threat of 

 man's activities. 



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 *Hoyt, J. H. 1967. Barrier island formation. Geological Society of America 

 Bulletin 78(9) :1125-1135. 



This article states that empirical data fail to substantiate classical 

 theories of barrier island formation from offshore bars. A hypothesis 

 proposes that a barrier island -' initiated by the building of a ridge 

 immediately landv/ard of the shoreline from wind- or water- deposited sedi- 

 ments . 



