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← GeographyWhich process promotes barrier island merging during sea-level rise?
A)Overwash sediment redistribution maintains elevation✓
B)Tidal prism growth resists breaching
C)Sediment starvation reduces shoreline progradation
D)Dune stabilization reinforces island integrity
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Overwash processes redistribute sediment during storms; this causes a redistribution of sediments over the island surface, raising the average elevation, because overwash transports sand landward from the beach and dunes enhancing resilience during sea-level rise, therefore islands merge, rather than erode in place.
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