Which process maintains barrier island elevation during sea rise?

💡 Explanation

Barrier islands maintain elevation through overwash deposition, which moves sediment landward with rising sea levels, because this accretion offsets erosion; therefore land elevation is kept constant, rather than elevation changes induced by other unrelated geological processes.

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