Which morphology change in barrier islands results when wave refraction focuses energy on adjacent headlands?

💡 Explanation

Wave refraction on headlands concentrates wave energy, causing enhanced erosion; the differential erosion creates remnant sea stacks, because the refraction patterns focus energy differently there rather than along uninterrupted shorelines; therefore, erosion dominates.

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