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Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-449-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-449-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
Research article
 | 
14 Mar 2024
Research article |  | 14 Mar 2024

Implications for the resilience of modern coastal systems derived from mesoscale barrier dynamics at Fire Island, New York

Daniel J. Ciarletta, Jennifer L. Miselis, Julie C. Bernier, and Arnell S. Forde

Data sets

Sediment Data From Vibracores and Sand Augers Collected in 2021 and 2022 From Fire Island, New York Julie C. Bernier et al. https://doi.org/10.5066/P91P1T88

Archive of Ground Penetrating Radar and Differential Global Positioning System Data Collected in April 2016 from Fire Island, New York Arnell S. Forde et al. https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P84B1P

Ground Penetrating Radar and Global Positioning System Data Collected in 2021 From Fire Island, New York Arnell S. Forde et al. https://doi.org/10.5066/P97YW2UL

Ground penetrating radar and differential global positioning system data collected in April 2016 from Fire Island, New York Arnell S. Forde et al. https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1078

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Short summary
We reconstructed the evolution of Fire Island, a barrier island in New York, USA, to identify drivers of landscape change. Results reveal Fire Island was once divided into multiple inlet-separated islands with distinct features. Later, inlets closed, and Fire Island’s landscape became more uniform as human activities intensified. The island is now less mobile and less likely to resist and recover from storm impacts and sea level rise. This vulnerability may exist for other stabilized barriers.
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