TRANSPORTATION OF COASTAL SEDIMENTS

Abstract

Based on the distribution of beach sand samples and their thorium and heavy minerals concentrations and wave refraction diagrams, the pattern of sand movement along the California Coast from the mouth of the Russian River to Point San Pedro was found to be from the north to the south, except for a few locations where a reversal direction of littoral drift existed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0272214

Entities

People

  • Adel M. Kamel

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beaches
  • California
  • Coastal Regions
  • Landforms
  • Littoral Drift
  • Refraction
  • Regions
  • Sediments
  • Shores
  • Transportation

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Oceanography.