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<strong>and</strong> GPR transect <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> isl<strong>and</strong>. Vertical exaggeration is 17x. North is to<br />

<strong>the</strong> right <strong>and</strong> south (seaward) is to <strong>the</strong> left. Site location is shown in<br />

Figure 4.1 ...............................................................................................................................100<br />

4.26 Mean ridge set height vs. distance along <strong>the</strong> topographic pr<strong>of</strong>ile.<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>ile location shown in Figure 4.23. Mean heights taken from Figure<br />

4.24.........................................................................................................................................101<br />

4.27 GPR pr<strong>of</strong>ile across St. Vincent Isl<strong>and</strong>. Gulf <strong>of</strong> Mexico (south) is to<br />

<strong>the</strong> left side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> figure. Vertical <strong>and</strong> horizontal scales are in meters.<br />

The red vertical lines delineate <strong>the</strong> low areas between individual beach<br />

ridges. The blue lines represent <strong>the</strong> trend <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> crossbeds within each<br />

beach ridge.............................................................................................................................102<br />

4.28 Close-up <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> section <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 100 MHz GPR survey that covered site<br />

SVI 009. Site location is shown in Figure 4.1 <strong>and</strong> 4.27. South (seaward)<br />

is to left. .................................................................................................................................103<br />

4.29 Suite mean vs. suite st<strong>and</strong>ard deviation .........................................................................104<br />

4.30 Suite mean vs. suite kurtosis..........................................................................................105<br />

4.31 Relative age versus suite kurtosis. Note: Relative age is unitless.<br />

Ridge sets were assigned numbers from 1 to 13 with <strong>the</strong> youngest<br />

represented by “1” <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> oldest represented by “13” .........................................................106<br />

4.32 Suite mean vs. suite skewness .......................................................................................107<br />

4.33 Plot <strong>of</strong> relative age versus suite st<strong>and</strong>ard deviation Note: Relative age<br />

is unitless. Ridge sets were assigned numbers from 1 to 13 with <strong>the</strong><br />

youngest represented by “1” <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> oldest represented by “13”..........................................108<br />

4.34 Tail <strong>of</strong> fines plot. Plot derived from Tanner (1991)......................................................109<br />

4.35 Skewness vs. kurtosis. Plot derived from Tanner (1991) .............................................110<br />

4.36 Grain size characteristics <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> isl<strong>and</strong>s that rim <strong>the</strong> Apalachicola<br />

River mouth. The numbers from 1 to 9 correspond to <strong>the</strong> relative<br />

locations plotted in Figures 4.37 to 4.39. (Source: Balsillie, 1995).......................................111<br />

4.37 Location relative to <strong>the</strong> Apalachicola River mouth versus mean grain<br />

size. Note: Numbers shown on <strong>the</strong> x-axis correspond to <strong>the</strong> numbered<br />

locations in Figure 4.36. (Data source: Balsillie, 1995) ........................................................112<br />

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