A hook is a spit in which the long axis has been deflected by currents or wave action. A hook which undergoes several stages of deflection is called a compound hook. A split hook is caused by opposite or roughly opposite currents which tend to open a channel.
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Coastal Depositional Features Burchfield, B. Clark; Foster, Robert; Keller, Edward; Melhorn, Wilton; Brookins, Douglas; Mintz, Leigh; Thurman, Harold.
Physical Geology.
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