Which long-term outcome results when hardened jetties interrupt longshore transport across a barrier island system?

💡 Explanation

Increased hardening leads to faster erosion because wave energy concentrates due to sediment starvation, thereby increasing scour via wave refraction rather than sediment deposition across the island system; therefore, erosion rate accelerates; saline intrusions are driven by stratification.

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