Erosion and Deposition around Martha's Vineyard

Title:: Erosion and Deposition around Martha's Vineyard
Description:: Erosion and deposition around Martha’s Vineyard based on data from Clifford Kaye’s 1973 study. The size of the bubbles indicates erosion rates (blue: negative numbers in feet per year) whereas the positive brown numbers indicate areas of deposition. Dogfish Bar, on Aquinnah’s north shore, is one area with active accretion of sand.
Name on Item:: Brian R. Hall [Compiler]
Date:: December 4, 2015
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:: Book illustrations
Location:: Harvard University
Harvard Forest Archives
Collection (local):: Harvard Forest Martha's Vineyard Collection
Subjects:: Coastal
Regional Studies
Erosion
Places:: Massachusetts > Dukes (county) > Martha's Vineyard (island)
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vh53xt73z
Terms of Use:: Copyright (c) Brian R. Hall
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND).

Notes:: Erosion and deposition map redrawn from data in: Clifford Kaye. 1973. Map showing changes in shoreline of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts during the past 200 years: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-534.
Notes (publications):: From: Martha's Vineyard Book, Chapter 7
Identifier:: FosterFig7-9