Beach Erosion Martha S Vineyard
It wasn t a hurricane or a nor easter that caused part of a 30 ton seawall on martha s vineyard to collapse in 2008.
Beach erosion martha s vineyard. Norton point and wasque reservation beaches have been temporarily closed after tropical storm isaias swept past the vineyard tuesday afternoon erasing oversand vehicle trails and eroding shorelines with extreme tides and high winds. Adapting to climate change at wasque beach on martha s vineyard. The last finger of the iconic cliffs at lucy vincent beach tumbled into the ocean friday night culminating a long but rapid erosion process at the famed chilmark beach. Updated 4 10 pm tropical storm isaias brought significant erosion to vineyard beaches this week carving out a large section of wasque point and taking the over sand vehicle osv trail out to sea.
The northern portion of the island was the end point of the glacial melt. One of the most photographed landmarks on the island the cliffs are also archaeologically significant with some 10 000 years of history buried in the land forms there that are constantly shaped by the sea. Beach erosion is a more complicated problem. The island s north facing beaches like pay and inkwell are made up of glacial till a mix of sand cobble and rocks that was deposited in the last glacial period.