Title

Chesapeake Bay Dune Systems: Evolution and Status

Authors

C. Scott Hardaway Jr., Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow
Lyle M. Varnell, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow
Donna A. Milligan, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow
George R. Thomas, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Carl H. Hobbs III, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow

Document Type

Report

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

11-2001

Abstract

The goals of this study were to locate, classify, and enumerate the existing jurisdictional dunes and dune fields within the eight localities listed in the Act. These include the counties of Accomack, Lancaster, Mathews, Northampton, and Northumberland and the cities of Hampton, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. Only Chesapeake Bay and river sites are considered in this study.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21220/V5043W

Keywords

Sand Dune, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Dune Evolution

Funding

This project was funded, in part, by the Department of Environmental Quality’s Coastal Resources Management Program through Grant #NA87OZ0253-01 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.

Recommended Citation

Hardaway, C., Varnell, L. M., Milligan, D. A., Thomas, G. R., & Hobbs, C. H. (2001) Chesapeake Bay Dune Systems: Evolution and Status. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V5043W