Abstract
A study of historical storm-induced changes along the south shore barriers of Long Island (Fire Island Inlet to Southampton), New York, USA, was undertaken in an effort to determine the relative roles of different transport processes in barrier migration. Inlets were found to have a profound effect on the barrier system, largely controlling its landward migration, based upon maps, charts, and aerial photographs from the seventeenth century to the present. Salt marshes became established principally on the broad intertidal bay shoals left by a closed or slowly migrating inlet. Inlets along this microtidal coast are now stabilized by jetties, which may have a negative effect on long-term barrier-island migration.
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