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Fig. 12.7
Morphological changes of the ebb-tidal delta at
Price Inlet, South Carolina illustrating how inlet shoreline
erosional and depositional processes are controlled by the
confi guration of the ebb delta and sediment bypassing processes
(From FitzGerald
1976
)
Walther's Law (Kumar and Sanders
1974
; Hayes and
Kana
1976
; Hubbard et al.
1979
; Barwis and Hayes
1979; Reinson
1984
; Boothroyd
1985
) . The limited
coring studies that existed at that time produced only a
rudimentary characterization of tidal-inlet fi ll deposits
indicating a possible presence of coarse layers defi ning
the base of the former channel (Hoyt and Henry
1967
;
Pierce and Colquhoun
1970
). During the past 25 years,
a variety of geophysical tools and advanced sediment
coring techniques has led to more accurate and detailed
tidal inlet sedimentary models. Tidal-inlet fi ll sequences
and ebb- and fl ood- delta stratigraphy have been imaged
