Blair Tormey
Resources created by Blair Tormey
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- Burying Nags Head Woods
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 7
- Figure 6 is a view to the northwest, showing the Run Hill Dune migrating over Nags Head Woods. Notice the steep slope of the southwestern face of the dune, formed by the strong northeast winds.
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Buxton overwash
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 18
- The Buxton overwash zone is located where the orientation of the island bends to form Cape Hatteras. The Buxton overwash zone has been the site of rapid shoreline retreat, frequent overwash, and the formation of inlets such as the Cape Inlet, Chacandepeco...
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Buxton Overwash
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- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 19
- No structure better symbolizes the human struggle to cope with natural processes of the Outer Banks than the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The first Cape Hatteras lighthouse was built in 1802, more than 3,000 feet from the coeval shoreline. The base of that first...
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse:Original Location
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- Coquina Beach
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 12
- Storm overwash is one of the more prevalent processes with which humans must cope on the Outer Banks. During storms, large volumes of sand are eroded from the seaward side of the islands and redeposited in large overwash fans, which extend landward across...
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Coquina Beach
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- Dune formation
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 4
- The migration of dunes in response to the prevailing winds is an important process on the Outer Banks. Nags Head Woods is flanked on three sides by large dune fields. To the north of the woods is the Run Hill dune field. Run Hill Dune is an unusually large,...
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Dune migration
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 6
- At the northern border of Nags Head Woods, one can see clear evidence of the migration of Run Hill Dune into and over Nag Head Woods due to the stronger northeast winds. This migration is occurring rapidly enough to bury entire trees within a matter of years...
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Groins at Cape Hatteras
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 20
- When the lighthouse was threatened by erosion in the early 1960s, the federal government responded with a series of efforts to stem the shoreline's retreat. In 1966, the National Park Service undertook a $300,000 beach replenishment project that pumped sand...
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Groins at Cape Hatteras
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- How Vegetation Acts as a Natural Protective Barrier
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- How Vegetation Affects the Growth and Migration of Run Hill Dune
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- How Vegetation Affects the Growth and Migration of Run Hill Dune
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- Human Intervention to Keep Oregon Inlet Open
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- Jockey's Ridge
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 9
- Jockey's Ridge is the largest of the four remaining large dunes on the Outer Banks. The dune's immense size and its proximity to economic interests such as Route 158 have resulted in various attempts to control its migration. But the planting of American beach...
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Jockey's Ridge
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- Keeping Oregon Inlet open
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 17
- At the southern end of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, the foundations are in serious jeopardy, as the channel of Oregon Inlet continues to migrate southward. To protect the bridge, the Army Corps of Engineers has constructed an extensive seawall to armor the...
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Moving the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
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- Moving the lighthouse
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 21
- After the construction of the groins, the National Park Service continued to protect the lighthouse beach with extensive sandbagging efforts, but an October storm in 1970 wiped out the sandbags. Replenishment projects followed in 1971 and 1973 on the north...
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
