North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies
This project is complete and the website is archived and no longer updated.
The USGS, the State of North Carolina and university researchers, mapped the regional sedimentary framework of the inner shelf of northern North Carolina to understand coastal processes, including erosion and the impacts of shoreline change. The study area includes communities along the Outer Banks, several national and state parks and refuges, as well as Oregon Inlet, one of the most dynamic inlets on the East Coast and the site of major political controversy for much of the last 30 years because of inlet stabilization strategies. The mapping products will be used to investigate the role that geologic framework and physiography play in the dynamics of coastal evolution and behavior, and to help identify sand resources suitable for beach nourishment
Quaternary geophysical framework of the northeastern North Carolina coastal system
This project is complete and the website is archived and no longer updated.
The USGS, the State of North Carolina and university researchers, mapped the regional sedimentary framework of the inner shelf of northern North Carolina to understand coastal processes, including erosion and the impacts of shoreline change. The study area includes communities along the Outer Banks, several national and state parks and refuges, as well as Oregon Inlet, one of the most dynamic inlets on the East Coast and the site of major political controversy for much of the last 30 years because of inlet stabilization strategies. The mapping products will be used to investigate the role that geologic framework and physiography play in the dynamics of coastal evolution and behavior, and to help identify sand resources suitable for beach nourishment