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Beachfront erosion: In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 17; Figure 16 shows another example of beachfront erosion. This house has fallen victim to a repositioning of Bogue Inlet as a result of Hurricanes Bonnie and Fran in 1996. The inlet between Bear Island and Bogue Bank had once been located here, but during a 20-year...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Bogue Inlet: In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 4; Figure 2 is a photograph of Bear Island on the south side of Bogue Inlet taken from Bogue Bank, the land that appeared in the distance in figure 1. The dark object in the water is a sand bar formed by sediment that dropped from suspension as flooding tides...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Bogue Inlet: In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 10; Figure 9 shows the Bear Island beach near Bogue Inlet. This area appears as a white band in the right middle distance in Figure 8. Note the almost continuous maritime grassland in the foreground and bare sand stretching back into the salt marsh on the shore...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Mouth of the White Oak River: In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 3; Figure 1 shows the mouth of the White Oak from Bear Island in Hammocks Beach State Park. The island on the far side of the inlet is Bogue Banks, and the buildings on the horizon at in the town of Emerald Isle. (These two islands are visited in the Large Sand...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Salt marsh behind Bogue Bank just east of Bogue inlet: Format: image/photograph

Dunes nearer the ocean: In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 9; Figure 8 shows the Bear Island dunefield nearer the ocean than those shown in previous photographs and also closer to the inlet that separates Bear Island from Bogue Banks. Bogue Banks, our next stop on this field trip, is a developed barrier island, as you...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Sediment salt marshes: In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 6; Figure 4 shows salt marshes growing inside the mouth of Bogue Inlet on sediment that has settled out of flooding tides. Areas of open water separate these marshes, but there is clearly more marsh than open water this close to the inlet. How these plants got...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Bogue Inlet: Format: image/photograph

Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks: This Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” explores the nature and structure of barrier islands with large sand volume, on which built structures are relatively well insulated from hurricane damage.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Shorefront house lost to Bogue Inlet's changing position: Format: image/photograph

Ocean section of Bogue inlet: the mouth of the White Oak River: Format: image/photograph

Central section of Bogue inlet: sand bar without vegetation: Format: image/photograph

Salt marsh behind Bear Island west of Bogue Inlet: Format: image/photograph

Satellite image and map of the North Carolina coast: Format: image/map

Extensive salt marsh: In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 7; Figure 5 is a view looking towards the mainland from the high dunes on Bear Island. It shows the extensive salt marsh that has developed on intertidal sands and mud west of Bogue Inlet. These are the marshes you could see in the right-hand background of figure...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Pocosin wetland community: In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 19; Figure 17 is a view of a pocosin wetland community like those that comprise the source of the White Oak in Hoffman State Forest about thirty miles inland of Bogue Inlet. Pocosin is a Native American word reputed to mean “swamp on a hill.”...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect: A “virtual field trip” up the White Oak River in southeastern North Carolina, with discussion of how local ecology changes along the way due to decreasing salinity.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

North Carolina as a Civil War battlefield: May 1861-April 1862: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.4; Summary of military operations in North Carolina in the first year of the Civil War, including Burnside's Expedition against the coast.; Format: article

Of the inlets and havens of this country: In Colonial North Carolina, page 2.7; Excerpt from John Lawson's 1709 A New Voyage to Carolina detailing the geography of North Carolina's coast. Includes historical commentary and notes about how the coastline has changed since the colonial period.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

Two worlds: Educator's guide: Lesson plans and activities to be used with "Two Worlds: Prehistory, Contact, and the Lost Colony" -- the first part of a North Carolina history textbook for secondary students.; Format: book (multiple pages)

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