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Author : Barrie, J.V.; and Conway, K.W.
Date : 1996
Title : Evolution of a nearshore and coastal marcotidal sand transport system. Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada.
Publication : Geology of Siliciclastic Shelf Seas. Edited by: M. De Batist and P. Jacobs. London: Geological Society, Special Publication
Issue : 117:
Page(s) : 233-247
Abstract
An extensive coastal plain is prograding on the north east coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands off the Pacific margin of Canada while the entire 120 km eastern coast of Graham Island is actively eroding. At the junction of these two systems is Rose Spit, which extends northeastward at a point of sediment transport convergence. The rapid emergence of the offshore banks and the net coastal changes are primarily controlled by: (1): convergence of sediment transport between the waters of Hecate Strait to the south and Dixon Entrance to the north, particularly during winter storms; and (2) localized tectonic uplift.
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