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Figure 4.20: Assateague Island, VA This photo shows a Loblolly Pine Tree (Pinus taeda) just after Hurricane Irene in September 2011. Prior to the storm, this tree and others were growing in the back beach area meters from the shoreline, but severe erosion during the storm eroded the beach and dunes in front of the tree and pushed the shore position landward. In the image, the tree appears to be growing in salt water, but, obviously, the tree didn't move, but the sediment and soil within which it was growing did. These sediments now reside on the sea‐floor when they were formerly above sea‐level.
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