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On a neck, on a spit: controls on the shape of free spits
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Geology and
Geophysics Department, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
J. Nienhuis
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Geology and
Geophysics Department, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth,
Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
USA
K. Ells
University of North Carolina Wilmington, Center for
Marine Science, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
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Short summary
Depositional shoreline spits are found along many of the Earth's modern and paleo-shorelines. Here we use a numerical model of shoreline evolution to develop a comprehensive model of the controls on spit shape, demonstrating that spits are graded shapes that arise from feedbacks between the headland, neck, and hook through the migration of a "fulcrum point". Our results suggest that spit form is controlled not only by the directional wave climate but also by the rate of headland recession.
Depositional shoreline spits are found along many of the Earth's modern and paleo-shorelines....