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Description
Tree roots exposed because of erosion on the north end of Sapelo's beach. Typical of barrier islands, sand from the north end of Sapelo and Blackbeard iseroded away by ocean currents and deposited at the south end where sand dunescontinue to build. The erosion leaves behind trees that were once protected bydunes exposed to the ocean.
Credit
Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve
Photographer
Brooke Vallaster
Display Date
1999 August
Location
Georgia, Sapelo Island
Collection
America's Coastlines
Southeast
NOAA Affiliation
Education Coordinator