Frequent non-storm washover of barrier islands, Pacific coast of Colombia

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dc.citation.journalTitleJOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH
dc.contributor.authorMorton, RAspa
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, JLspa
dc.contributor.authorLopez, GIspa
dc.contributor.authorCorrea, IDspa
dc.contributor.departmentUniversidad EAFIT. Departamento de Geologíaspa
dc.contributor.researchgroupCiencias del Marspa
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-23T20:20:24Z
dc.date.available2021-03-23T20:20:24Z
dc.date.issued2000-01-01
dc.description.abstractBarrier islands of the Pacific coast of Colombia repeatedly experience severe washover even when breaking waves in the eastern Pacific are low and onshore winds are calm. On the barrier island of El Choncho, recent non-storm washover events have breached a new inlet, caused rapid beach retreat, destroyed a shoreline protection structure, and flooded a small village of indigenous people so frequently that it had to be relocated. Barrier washover may be augmented by lowered land elevations associated with earthquake-induced subsidence or long-term beach retreat, but temporally it is most closely associated with a 20 to 30 cm regional increase in sea level caused by El Nino. The contradiction of a tranquil tropical island scene simultaneously disturbed by hostile turbulent washover may be unique at present, but it exemplifies how coastal plains throughout the world would be affected if sea level were to rise rapidly as a result of global warming.eng
dc.identifierhttps://eafit.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=1510
dc.identifier.issn07490208
dc.identifier.issn15515036
dc.identifier.otherSCOPUS;2-s2.0-0034018412
dc.identifier.otherWOS;000085747700008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/26884
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherCOASTAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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dc.rightshttps://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0749-0208
dc.sourceJOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH
dc.subject.keywordbarrier islandeng
dc.subject.keywordbeach erosioneng
dc.subject.keywordfloodeng
dc.subject.keywordsea level changeeng
dc.subject.keywordbarrier islandeng
dc.subject.keywordbeach erosioneng
dc.subject.keywordfloodingeng
dc.subject.keywordsea level changeeng
dc.subject.keywordwashovereng
dc.subject.keywordColombiaeng
dc.titleFrequent non-storm washover of barrier islands, Pacific coast of Colombiaeng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleeng
dc.typearticleeng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioneng
dc.typepublishedVersioneng
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