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Chains of sand barrier islands are common morphologic features along many shores, occupying about 8% of the world’s coastlines. The Wadden Sea, which stretches along the eastern side of the North Sea, has one of the best studied barrier island systems in the world (Fig. 1).
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Postma, H. (1996). Sea-Level Rise and the Stability of Barrier Islands, with special reference to the Wadden Sea. In: Milliman, J.D., Haq, B.U. (eds) Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence. Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8719-8_15
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