Report details some of the geological processes, summarizes present 

 knowledge of the geology of Delaware's lagoon-barrier-marsh shoreline, 

 and presents some predictions of expected change. 



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Shepard, F. P., and H. R. Wanless. 1971. Straight barriers and long estu- 

 aries: New York City to Chesapeake Bay. Pages 70-103 in_ F. P. Shepard 

 and H. R. Uanless, Our changing coastlines. McGraw-Hill, New York. 



Provides a detailed physical description for the following islands and 

 beach areas: 



New Jersey : New York Harbor entrance and Sandy Hook, Barnegat Inlet, 

 Little Egg and Beach Haven Inlets, Atlantic City, and Cape May. 



Delaware : Cape Henlopen, Rehoboth Bay and Indian River Inlet. 



Maryland : Ocean City Inlet and Barrier^ Tingles Island and Whittington 

 Point areas, Assateague Island. 



Virginia : Chincoteague Island-Fishing Point area, Cape Charles and 

 Delmarva Peninsula,, eastern side of Chesapeake Bay; Chesapeake Bay, in- 

 cluding islands, and Cape Henry. 



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Wakelin, J. H., Jr., and R. W. Cairns. 1972. The coastal zone of Delaware: 



a plan of action in Delaware. University of Delaware, College of Marine 



Studies. 464 pp. 



This is the report of the governor's task force, which was set up to 

 prepare policy guidelines for the management of marine and coastal affairs 

 in Delaware. 



Rehoboth 



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 *de Gast, R. 1975. Western wind/eastern shore. The Johns Hopkins University 

 Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 176 pp. 



This book is a first-person account of travels along the eastern shore. 

 Included are photographs and text for Rehoboth Beach and Fenwick Island, 

 Delaware; Assateague Island, Maryland; and the following islands off 

 Virginia--Assawoman, Metomkin, Cedar, Parramore, Hog, Cobb, Smith, and 

 Fisherman's. 



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 *Gallagher, J. L. 1971. Algal productivity and some aspects of the ecological 

 physiology of the edaphic communities of Canary Creek tidal marsh. Ph.D. 

 Thesis. University of Delaware. 125 pp. (Dissertation Abstracts 32:6353- 

 B.) 



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