Figure 10. Apparent shoreline offset between beach profiles 200 feet apart along Drakes Island Beach in Wells is shown in the figure above. A "stabilized" profile at the end of Island Beach Road (blue dashed) includes a seawall protecting a home in the frontal dune. The second, a "natural" profile from approximately 200 feet north, includes only sand dune. There is an approximate 15 m offset between the crests of the two profiles, indicating that the shoreline, in absence of the seawall, would most likely be located approximately 50 ft landward. Maine Geological Survey graphic by P. A. Slovinsky.

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