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Byrne, R. J. 1971. Studies of the barrier-island system, eastern shore of 

 Virginia. Page 34 in_D. S. Gorsline, ed. Second Coastal and Shallow 

 Water Research Conference Abstracts. University of Southern California 

 Press, Los Angeles. 



Abstract describes barrier island system of Virginia's eastern shore. 

 It deals with shoreline changes, changes in areal distribution of salt 

 marshes, and circulation changes. 



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Clark, J., ed. 1976. Barrier islands and beaches. Technical Proceedings 

 of the 1976 Barrier Islands Workshop, Annapolis, Maryland, May 17-18, 

 1976. The Conservation Foundation, Washington, D.C. 149 pp. 



Titles of papers presented include: 



Barrier islands as significant ecosystems 

 Comparative ecology of East Coast barrier islands 

 The wildlife resources of barrier islands 

 The national interest in barrier islands and beaches 

 Barrier islands as natural storm-dependent systems 

 Barrier beachfronts 



Environmental considerations and the management of barrier islands — 

 St. George Island and the Apalachicola Bay System 

 • Barrier island preservation—the Virginia Coast Reserve System. 



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Fisher, J. J. 1967. Origin of barrier island chain shore lines: middle 

 Atlantic states. Geological Society of America, Special Papers 115:66-67. 



This article explains the development of barrier island chains along the 

 middle Atlantic states. The Outer Banks of North Carolina and Virginia 

 are discussed. 



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Fisher, J. J. 1973. Bathymetric projected profiles and the origin of barrier 

 islands—Johnson 's shoreline of emergence revisited. Pages 161-179 i_n_ 

 D. R. Coates, ed. Coastal geomorphology. State University of New York, 

 Binghamton. 



Bathymetric profiles were constructed along barrier island shorelines 

 in North Carolina and Virginia. Continental Shelf gradient was also 

 examined, particularly off Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout. 



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Halvorson, W. L., and C. G. Dawson. 1973. Coastal vegetation. Pages 9-1 

 to 9-92 in S. B. Saila, ed. Coastal and offshore environmental inventory: 



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