No. 14 (1974), Conference Proceedings
No. 14 (1974)

BARRIER BEACHES AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE

Conference Proceedings
Published 1974-01-29
E.H. Owens
Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth
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barrier beach
sediment transport
St. Lawrence

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BARRIER BEACHES AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE. (1974). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(14), 69. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v14.69
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Abstract

Barrier islands and barrier beaches have developed across structurally controlled estuaries and embayments in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. The supply of sediments to the littoral zone and the subsequent accumulation of barrier deposits is a result of the reworking, transportation and longshore dispersal of sediments which are moved landward by tidal and wave-induced currents from the adjacent shallow sea floor. The size and stability of the barriers is controlled by the shoreline orientation.
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