Inlet Migration 



/J 



M.*i EMl Gunnel 



Dominent Longshori 

 Transport Dkection 



Spit Accfelion and HeJ Migration 



Time 3 



Ebb-Tidal Delta Breaching 



u..lw,wd Bar Migration 



_ *y^^* \ t//S Dieclfon 

 O .. . • ' Marginal Flood Channels 



I54-" 



Stable Inlet 



— ' '■ 



77* & 



i 



-Main Ebb Channel 



Domhent 

 Longshore 



D»ecbon 



M-M'^? 



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Figure 17. Three types of shoreline change resulting from inlet processes 

 (FitzGerald, Hubbard, and Nummedal 1978, reprinted by permission) 



causing rapid accretion. Hubbard et al . (1977) measured short-term shoreline 

 changes along central portions of South Carolina's barriers, but found regions 

 around inlets too variable for accurate measurement. 



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