408 F. p. GULLIVER — CUSPATE FORELANDS. 



mentioned from north to south : Oregon inlet, Hatteras inlet, Whale- 

 bone inlet, Beaufort entrance, Bogue inlet, New Topsail inlet, Cape Fear 

 river, Shallotte inlet, and Murrells inlet. Bear inlet northeast of New 

 river is the only prominent case where the left curve offsets, and in this 

 region the overlap in New river inlet is from the right to the left. 



The offsets are so common from the right to the left along the Carolina 

 coast and so rarely does one occur where the left-hand curve is to the 

 seaward of the right-hand curve that a dominant current moving from 

 the right or north is indicated. 



Along the Florida coast also the dominant overlap is from the right, 

 as at Matanzas inlet (C. k?., 159}, Jupiter inlet (C. S., 164). 



OVERLAPS IN THE CAROLINAS. 



Examples along the Carolina coast from north to south are as follows : 

 Stump inlet, Barren inlet, Bacon inlet, White Point swash, Singleton 

 swash, Murrells inlet, and many smaller inlets. The right shore curve 

 in each of these cases overlaps the left, wliich indicates that the trans- 

 portation of material from the riglit to the left prevails over movement 

 in the opposite directioi\. A few exam})les occur,- as at New River inlet 

 (C. S., 422), where the overlap is from the left, which shows some trans- 

 portation from left to riglit. The right shore curve, however, at New 

 river offsets the left, thus indicating that here there is movement also 

 from the right. Storms from dilferent directions and seasonal changes of 

 winds occur along various shores, so one would exi)ect to find indica- 

 tions of movement in opposite directions. Tlie prevailing form of such 

 a coast indicates the dominant current. 



STREAM DEFLECTIONS IN THE CAROLINAS. 



Streams are deflected to the left along the Carolina coast in the follow- 

 ing places: Stump inlet. Cape Fear river, Lockwood Folly inlet. Bacon 

 inlet, Shallotte inlet, Singleton swash, Murrells inlet, besides several little 

 brooks and tidal inlets. 



The deflection to the left of the Peedee River S3"stem is well shown on 

 the geologic map of South Carolina, issued by the State Board of Agri- 

 culture in 1883. 



There are a few examples of deflection to the right, particularly near 

 New River and Little River inlets. These inlets occur in tlie bays ])e- 

 tween the cusps where the range of the tides is greater than at the capes 

 themselves. Professor Shaler lias pointed out''^ that this greater height 

 in the bay would cause outflowing currents toward the horns of the bay. 

 This action is indicated by the few cases of overlaps, offsets, and stream 



* Thirteenth Ann. Rep. U. S. Geological Survey, p. 180. 



