Nearshore Bars and Underlying Geology
None of the respondents had information about whether or not the underlying geology seaward of the hotspot had been surveyed. The presence of outcropping geology (hardbottom, peat, etc) in the nearshore close to the hotspot was unknown. If in fact underlying geology does play a role in shoreline behavior (See Ongoing Research link), the nearshore subbottom in the areas of the reported hotspots should be investigated. The presence of a single, shore parallel bar and the lack of any sand bar (planar) were the most common nearshore settings reported for the hotspot sites.
