Snowstorm took bites out of Jersey Shore beaches, but the sands will likely be back, expert says
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
Erosion known as scarping at North Street beach on the northern end of Ocean City, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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On the north end of Ocean City, daylight Thursday revealed small cliffs in the sand that people typically call beach erosion.
It is, but the peninsula-like patterns carved out by waves fueled with energy from the overnight storm is called “scarping,” said Dr. Stewart Farrell, director of the Coastal Research Center at Stockton University.