Coasts / Shorelines - Assateague Island National Seashore (U.S ...
2015年2月26日 · Assateague Island stretches for 37 miles along the Atlantic coasts of Maryland and Virginia and is part of a vast chain of barrier islands extending from Maine to Texas. Changing sea level and migration of offshore sediments play vital roles in forming and maintaining these important coastal features.
Assateague Island National Seashore (U.S. National Park Service)
2020年6月20日 · Discover which areas of the Assateague shoreline are experiencing the fastest rates of change and which areas are the most stable in this ArcGIS map. Explore more maps and data sets for various facilities and cutural & natural resources.
Analyzing Changes to the Assateague Island Shoreline - ArcGIS …
2024年4月30日 · The ends of the island actually gained substantial amounts of shoreline, particularly the southern end. This is likely due to the effects of the ocean currents that push into the southern end of the island, depositing sediments that were picked up earlier when the current hits the first part of the barrier island.
Assateague Island National Seashore (U.S. National Park Service)
2024年10月1日 · Visit a place recreated each day by ocean wind and waves. Life on Assateague Island has adapted to an existence on the move. Explore sandy beaches, salt marshes, maritime forests and coastal bays. Rest, relax, recreate and enjoy some time on the edge of the continent. Barrier islands are all about change. Stay updated on park conditions.
Assateague Island is a barrier island along the eastern coast of the USA, in the states of Maryland and Virginia (Fig. 1). The barrier is approximately 58 km alongshore from Ocean City Inlet...
Assateague on the Move - NASA Earth Observatory
2019年10月8日 · Assateague Island stretches 37 miles (60 kilometers) from north to south along the Atlantic coast of Maryland and Virginia. As barrier islands go, Assateague is quite dynamic. Longshore currents mostly flow south along this part of the coast, carrying sand to the south.
Back-island and open-ocean shorelines, and sand areas of Assateague …
This Data Series Report includes several open-ocean shorelines, back-island shorelines, back-island shoreline points, sand area polygons, and sand lines for Assateague Island that were extracted from natural-color orthoimagery (aerial photography) dated from April 12,...
ASIS Spring Shorelines 199503
The dynamic nature of coastal barriers such as Assateague Island is a defining characteristic, influencing nearly every aspect of their ecology. Fundamentally disturbance driven systems, barrier islands and their endemic biota are continually shaped by physical forces on a time scale vastly accelerated in comparison to mainland systems.
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Assateague Island National Seashore Shoreline Change Rate …
2015年6月23日 · This map includes the shoreline change rate for all of ASIS as well as the Assateague State Park. Using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 4.3, a baseline was established parallel to the overall trend of the fall oceanic shorelines of Assateague Island (between 1996 and 2013).