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B
A
Fig. 12.7
Aerial image of the barrier Schaabe; view is towards east and the Baltic is located on the
left side (for location, see Fig.
12.1
,
no. 9). Two beach ridge systems are evident: an older system
(
A
), which consists of short, low-lying ridges, bent into the former bay and a second system of
higher elevated dune ridges (
B
), which cut off the bay from the sea and show rapid progradation.
A
C
B
Fig. 12.8
Aerial image of the eastern tip of the Zingst peninsula and the offshore sand flats and
islands; view is northwards (for location, see Fig.
12.1
,
no. 6). The inlet is progressively truncated
by a spit (
A
) growing from west (
left
) to east (
right
). Sand flats (
B
) with incised flooding channels
spread between the islands. In the northern part of the offshore island, progradational beach ridges
