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	Barrier Island Kayaks :: Sea Kayaking the Outer Banks in Swansboro, North Carolina
		Barrier Island Kayaks :: Sea Kayaking the Outer Banks in Swansboro, North Carolina
		Barrier Island thanks everyone who attended, coached and cooked at the
		Our waterfront location on the intracoastal waterway is considered to be one of the premier sea kayaking destinations on the East Coast.
	www.barrierislandkayaks.com (596 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Barrier Islands Work"
		However, barrier islands are fragile, constantly changing ecosystems that are important for coastal geology and ecology.
		Barrier islands are long, narrow, offshore deposits of sand or sediments that parallel the coast line.
		Barrier islands are often found in chains along the coast line and are separated from each other by narrow tidal inlets, such as the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
	travel.howstuffworks.com /barrier-island.htm (439 words)

	barrier island processes
		The movement of sand from one reservoir (barrier island, beach, dune, continental shelf, etc.) to another is a key mechanism to maintaining this equilibrium.
		Barrier islands are located parallel to the mainland, separated by estuaries, bays and lagoons, on a gently sloping continental shelf.
		These islands provide protection to the mainland from the brunt of ocean waves and are considered dynamic environments, as they are constantly being shaped and reshaped, eroded and accreted.
	www.cofc.edu /CGOInquiry/barrierislandprocess.htm (578 words)

	Barrier Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Islands farther to the west and closer to the path of the storm suffered greater alterations in shape and size than did islands on the eastern end of the chain.
		Because plants on barrier islands are generally adapted to sand movement, salt spray, and low levels of nutrients, it is not suprising that, despite burial by sand and exposure to the storm surge, the vegetation on Trinity Island is rapidly recovering.
		Surprisingly, revegetation on the bay side of the islands was strongly correlated with the presence of shrimp burrows, suggesting that the shrimp influence the entrapment and growth of plant propagules.
	www.lacoast.gov /education/willfulwinds/barrierislands.htm (1025 words)

	Barrier Island
		Barrier islands are often found in chains along the coast line and are separated from each other by narrow tidal inlets, such as the Outer Banks of NC.
		The sound-side of an island is usually dominated by the salt marsh.
		Like the barrier flats, salt marshes are regularly flooded with seawater during high tide and the animals and plants that you find are similar to those in the barrier flats.
	www.bsu.edu /web/bdhofer/barrier_island_info.htm (1086 words)

	Explore a Typical Barrier Island — BarrierIslandTrust.Org
		Barrier Islands occur on 6 of the 7 continents and are perhaps the most unique and dynamic of all natural coastal land forms.
		Appreciation and understanding of the mission of the Barrier Island Trust, advancing sound environmental practices on barrier islands along the SC and Southeastern Coast through facilitating research and education, requires a general working knowledge of the major habitat types typically found on the region's barrier islands.
		Irrespective of ownership, all barrier islands within the region face a range of significant management issues, including human disturbance to shorebird populations; artificial light intrusion, which impacts sea turtle nesting; invasive species, such as the recently introduced beach vitex; erosion issues, including beach renourishment and bulk heading; and the potential impacts of sea level rise.
	www.barrierislandtrust.org /barrier_islands.htm (1435 words)

	Beach Nourishment - Coastal Geology
		Barrier islands are elongate accumulations of sand that are separated from the mainland by open water in the form of estuaries, bays, or lagoons.
		Such barrier islands generally tend to be short, wide at one end (typically drumstick shaped) and narrow at the other, and are separated by large, stable, tidal inlets with large sand shoals at their mouth.
		Barrier islands are valuable natural resources that provide recreational areas, sensitive coastal habitats and ecosystems, and protect the marshes and coastal estuaries during storms.
	www.csc.noaa.gov /beachnourishment/html/geo/barrier.htm (2596 words)

	Barrier Island Interior Wetlands
		Barrier island nontidal, freshwater wetlands are found in interdune swales (troughs between dune ridges) and on the larger, interior wind-eroded flats on the barrier islands that line the Texas coast.
		The barrier islands formed as a result of wave action that reworked sands delivered to the Gulf by the coastal rivers and creeks.
		On the barrier islands, fresh groundwater, which is less dense (lighter) than saltwater, forms a freshwater lens, which sits atop the underlying saltwater.
	www.texaswetlands.org /barrier.htm (614 words)

	Florida Oceanographic Online - Barrier Islands
		Barrier islands are elongated islands of unconsolidated sediments (usually sand) trending parallel to the shore.
		Barrier islands are generally backed by estuaries and wetlands, which may range in size from narrow lagoons to extensive sounds over 27 miles wide.
		Barrier islands buffer the coastline they front from the wave and storm energies of the open ocean.
	www.floridaoceanographic.org /environ/bar_isl.htm (569 words)

	NCNatural Guide - Coastal NC
		Barrier Islands in general are highly dynamic, but North Carolina's Barrier Islands are exceptionally so--especially the islands that make up the Outer Banks and Core Banks.
		Though fragile, the barrier islands seem to have a mechanism in place to insure their continued existence in some form.
		Rising sea-levels and predominant winds from the northeast cause a landward migration of the islands.
	ncnatural.com /Coast/dynamics.html (1077 words)

	Gulf Islands National Seashore-Barrier Islands
		Islands on the northern gulf coast are made of quartz sand eroded and washed down rivers from the eastern U.S. mountain ranges.
		Island animals have to cope with relentless summer heat and sun, and unpredictable weather extremes including hurricanes.
		The greatest threats to island animals are not harsh natural conditions but human caused impacts, such as air and water pollution, habitat destruction and fragmentation, and introduction of non-native species.
	www.nps.gov /guis/extended/MIS/MNature/Islands.htm (1280 words)

	gls214_barrier_isl
		Barrier islands are detached linear islands of sand and/or gravel(rare) that run parallel to the shore and are back by a bay, lagoon, marsh, or tidal flat.
		Barrier islands are wave and wind built landforms and form in wave dominated or mixed energy environments, typically microtidal or mesotidal environments.
		Barrier islands are elongate islands of sand which parallel the shore and are separated from the mainland by a
	w3.salemstate.edu /~lhanson/gls214/gls214_barrier_isl.htm (1801 words)

	Richard Leydon, Barrier Islands in South West Florida
		Little Gasparilla is the northernmost island in a chain of six barrier islands forming Charlotte Harboer, one of the finest boating and fishing areas in the United States.
		Island residents prefer to retain the privacy and tranquility of the island.
		Boca Grande, is located on the Barrier Island called Gasparilla, and is located on the Southwest coast of Florida, midway between Ft. Myers and Sarasota, Boca Grande is a retreat for tourists and fishermen.
	www.islandproperties.net /area/BarrierIslands.htm (1005 words)

	Sherpa Guides \| Georgia \| Coast \| Savannah \| Tybee Island
		One reason Tybee Island is significant is that it is one of only four of Georgia's 15 major barrier islands that can reached by car, which has been true since 1923.
		Tybee Island is no different and the struggles the island has gone through to literally hold its ground are instructive for all barrier island communities.
		Tybee Island's natural beach sand is not as fine and white as that of the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico because of Tybee Island's high organic mix and the quantity of rough dark granite in its sand.
	sherpaguides.com /georgia/coast/northern_coast/tybee_island.html (3016 words)

	Department of Environmental Protection
		Island Beach is one of New Jersey's last significant remnants of a barrier island ecosystem that once existed along much of the coast and is also one of the few remaining undeveloped barrier beaches on the north Atlantic coast.
		Island Beach is nationally known as a unique resource with over 400 plants identified, including the largest expanses of beach heather in New Jersey.
		Island Beach State Park's natural sand dune formations and relatively undisturbed vegetation create a natural classroom for the study of a barrier island ecosystem.
	www.state.nj.us /dep/parksandforests/parks/island.html (1408 words)

	Barrier Island Studies - A Summary of Findings of the West-Central Florida Coastal Studies Project
		As the island continued to develop it prograded at the updrift or north end with extension to the south (Pekala, 1996).
		The capstone study of barrier island stratigraphy along this coastal reach was the construction and interpretation of nine barrier-island stratigraphic sections across nine different barrier islands from Anclote Key to Casey Key (Yale, 1997).
		This regional investigation showed that all of the barriers have the same basic stratigraphy, and all apparently originated at or near their present location as subtidal shoals evolving to supratidal barriers.
	pubs.usgs.gov /of/2001/of01-303/island.html (741 words)

	Beaufort County Library, SC -- About sea islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		North of the Edisto, it is marshes that divide the islands.
		Barrier islands are found the world over, but our American chain forms the most extensive system on earth.
		Barrier islands tend to have an elongated shape, and one end is usually narrower than the other.
	www.bcgov.net /bftlib/sea.htm (913 words)

	Beaufort County Library, SC -- About sea islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		North of the Edisto, it is marshes that divide the islands.
		Barrier islands are found the world over, but our American chain forms the most extensive system on earth.
		Barrier islands tend to have an elongated shape, and one end is usually narrower than the other.
	www.co.beaufort.sc.us /bftlib/sea.htm (913 words)

	Barrier Island
		There are many who consider Little St. Simons Island to be a very special place: the rustic feel of the Lodge, the splendor of quiet hikes through undisturbed maritime forest, and the tranquility of seven miles of empty beach are just some of the unique offerings on this barrier island.
		Barrier islands are very dynamic systems that undergo continuous change.
		Considering that most barrier islands in the Southeast are undergoing severe erosion, we are fortunate to have an island that is growing at such a phenomenal rate.
	www.littlestsimonsisland.com /pages/barrierisland.html (307 words)

	Amazon.com: Barrier Island: Books: John D. Macdonald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Barrier Island provides some of the richest characterizations and most complicated plot points to be found in one of his books.
		We picked up "Island" on a whim, not understanding either that it is the author's last work prior to his death nor that it is not a series book, but rather a "slice of life" story about a real estate partner who smells a rat and decides to set a trap for it.
		His latest scheme is to buy up a barrier island, "sell" all kinds of expensive lots (mostly to cronies), and make elaborate plans for million-dollar estates, so that when the government eventually takes over the land as necessary for environmental reasons, he'll make a windfall on the condemnation.
	www.amazon.com /Barrier-Island-John-D-Macdonald/dp/0449131793 (2313 words)

	Free-Vacations \| Barrier Island Resort
		Barrier Island Station Resorts, an RCI Gold Crown Resort, is located in Kitty Hawk on the beautiful Outer Banks of North Carolina.
		Barrier Island Station is the newest of Barrier Island Realty’s Beach Resorts and was designed to deliver the ultimate vacation experience.
		Barrier Island Station Resorts offers a wide variety of condominium sizes and configurations.
	www.free-vacations.us /barrier_island/default.html (884 words)

	Reply to the National Wildlife Federation NWF and Others
		The island was not connected to the mainland by bridges until the late 1950s, so large areas of the barrier's thirty-two mile length had remained relatively undisturbed.
		Given the unsettled state of affairs at Fire Island, and in response to pressure from landowners to the east whose property had been battered by the 1962 Ash Wednesday nor'easter, the Corps began the approved project in Reach 2, in the form of the now infamous Westhampton groinfield.
		The only way to restore "natural rebuilding of the barrier islands" is to implement bypassing around all manmade structures to the east of Fire Island.
	www.fireislandassn.org /loose_and_fast_4_00.htm (3030 words)

	Barrier Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Barrier Islands are composed of beach, dune, marsh/ barrier flats, sheltered body of water, and similarly sheltered, flat coast, among other possible bits and pieces.
		Barrier Islands act as a buffer zone, protecting the shoreline from waves, ocean currents and the forces of storms.
		Below is a simplified cross section of a barrier island.
	wrgis.wr.usgs.gov /parks/coast/barrierislands (110 words)

	Bald Head Island NC - Press Page
		Bald Head Island is the southernmost barrier island in N.C., where the mouth of the Cape Fear River meets the Atlantic Ocean.
		Bordering the island to the north, protected salt marsh and tidal creeks are ideal for fishing, canoeing and kayaking.
		Bald Head Island is rife with timeless, compelling story ideas, from its 14 miles of pristine beaches, master-planned approach to development and prized maritime forest, to its award-winning home designs, loggerhead turtle conservancy, and a colorful history peppered with pirates, lighthouse keepers, Indians, river pilots, ruffians, soldiers, farmers, and entrepreneurs of all types.
	www.bhisland.com /island/mediakit.asp (4949 words)

	Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Virginia Barrier Island chain, including Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge, is one of only 17 sites in the United States classified as a "A Wetland of International Importance." The refuge is the southern most barrier island, separated from the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge by approximately one-half mile.
		The earliest documentation of an island in the vicinity of Fisherman Island is from an 1815 navigational chart of the Chesapeake Bay.
		While all of Virginia's other barrier islands are shrinking in size and giving way to the constant battering of the sea, Fisherman Island continues to grow, reaching over 1,850 acres at the present.
	www.fws.gov /refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=51651 (492 words)

	NASA - Katrina Rolls Barrier Island Landward
		Barrier islands are highly dynamic places that move and change in response to ocean waves and currents.
		Large storms contribute significantly to an island's landward migration, a process also known as 'barrier island rollover.' Increased water levels, large waves and strong flows remove sand from the beach and then deposit it on the bay-side of the island.
		The 'barrier island roll over' is even more apparent in a series of lidar images from a map view.
	www.nasa.gov /vision/earth/lookingatearth/katrina_poststorm.html (515 words)

	A Unique Barrier Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fisherman Island is a new island that emerged from the sea in the mid 1800's to take its position at the southern end of the Virginia barrier island group.
		All the other islands are retreating before the rising sea and adjusting their size and shape as they migrate.
		In 1918 the island was transferred to the Department of Defense as a coastal artillery station, and the U.S. Navy used the island as a submarine detection base during World War II.
	www.assateague.org /plover/1-95-g.html (368 words)

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