Nourishment of perched sand dunes and the issue of erosion control in the Great Lakes
dc.contributor.author | Marsh, William M. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T18:10:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T18:10:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1990-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Marsh, William M.; (1990). "Nourishment of perched sand dunes and the issue of erosion control in the Great Lakes." Environmental Geology and Water Sciences 16(2): 155-164. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/46766> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0177-5146 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-0495 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/46766 | |
dc.description.abstract | Although limited in coverage, perched sand dunes situated on high coastal bluffs are considered the most prized of Great Lakes dunes. Grand Sable Dunes on Lake Superior and Sleeping Bear Dunes on Lake Michigan are featured attractions of national lakeshores under National Park Service management. The source of sand for perched dunes is the high bluff along their lakeward edge. As onshore wind crosses the bluff, flow is accelerated upslope, resulting in greatly elevated levels of wind stress over the slope brow. On barren, sandy bluffs, wind erosion is concentrated in the brow zone, and for the Grand Sable Bluff, it averaged 1 m 3 /yr per linear meter along the highest sections for the period 1973–1983. This mechanism accounts for about 6,500 m 3 of sand nourishment to the dunefield annually and clearly has been the predominant mechanism for the long-term development of the dunefield. However, wind erosion and dune nourishment are possible only where the bluff is denuded of plant cover by mass movements and related processes induced by wave erosion. In the Great Lakes, wave erosion and bluff retreat vary with lake levels; the nourishment of perched dunes is favored by high levels. Lake levels have been relatively high for the past 50 years, and shore erosion has become a major environmental issue leading property owners and politicians to support lake-level regulation. Trimming high water levels could reduce geomorphic activity on high bluffs and affect dune nourishment rates. Locally, nourishment also may be influenced by sediment accumulation associated with harbor protection facilities and by planting programs aimed at stabilizing dunes. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag New York Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Geosciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Geology | en_US |
dc.title | Nourishment of perched sand dunes and the issue of erosion control in the Great Lakes | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Geology and Earth Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Resource Science, The University of Michigan-Flint, 48502, Flint, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Flint | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/46766/1/254_2005_Article_BF01890382.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01890382 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Environmental Geology and Water Sciences | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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