Subsurface Signatures of Recent Storm Erosion and Recovery Along San Salvador Island, the Bahamas

Buynevich, Ilya V.; Kopcznski, Karen A.; Savarese, Michael; Boush, Lisa E. Park; Curran, H. Allen; Glumac, Bosiljka; Caris, Jon

doi:10.1130/abs/2016am-284221

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“…Park [56] (p. 802) noted that "The Bahamas are struck by more hurricanes than any other area in the Caribbean Basin". Little research has been conducted on storm deposits in The Bahamas, but the presence of erosional surfaces in the GPR profiles reported by Buynevich et al [42,57,58] have been interpreted as evidence that storm activity causes periodic shoreline erosion on beach ridge plains.…”

Section: Regional Wave Conditionsmentioning

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Nature and Distribution of Beach Ridges on the Islands of the Greater Caribbean

Cescon,

Cooper,

Jackson

2024

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Beach ridges originate from various depositional processes and occur in a variety of settings. This paper assesses their nature and distribution on the islands of the Greater Caribbean based on a literature review and the identification of sites using Google Earth© 7.3 imagery. The morphological and orientation parameters were measured for each site, and a measure of storm density was developed. These were statistically analysed to develop a classification of beach ridge types. The results show a diversity of beach ridge systems, in terms of setting, morphology, composition and preservation. The presence or absence of an adjacent coral reef is a major differentiating element at the regional level. A regional beach ridge plain classification is proposed, including two main classes, marine beach ridges and river-associated beach ridges, with further sub-divisions based on exposure to hurricanes or hurricanes plus swell waves.

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Section: Regional Wave Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%