Coastal Environments of the Maritime Provinces

Authors

  • E. H. Owens Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
  • A. J. Bowen Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J1

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4138/1926

Abstract

This review of the coastal process and morphology characteristics of the Maritime Provinces provides a general summary of existing information and data for an area that has a wide variety of shoreline types, geologic units, and oceanographic conditions. The general coastal trends of the area are controlled by the regional southwesterly-northeasterly trending structures associated with the Appalachian system. Superimposed on this basic geologic framework, the contrasting shoreline types result from the high degree of variability in local geology, relief, wave-energy levels, tidal range and sediment availability. This variability provides the basis for discussion of the shorelines of the Maritime Provinces. Twenty-two distinct coastal environments are systematically defined and described.

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Published

1977-04-01

How to Cite

Owens, E. H., & Bowen, A. J. (1977). Coastal Environments of the Maritime Provinces. Atlantic Geoscience, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.4138/1926

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