BEACH STUDIES IN WEST FLORIDA, U.S.A.,

Abstract

Topographic profiles, sediment and water samples, and climatic data have been collected in a monthly schedule at fifteen stations distributed along the western Florida Panhandle coast during 1962. These observations and associated wave measurements have been studied to determine the magnitude of the beach variations associated with different energy ranges of wave attack. Preliminary conclusions are that the patterns show a direct relation between change in beach profile versus increasing wave energy and further, that a regional climatic-oceanographic boundary can be defined on the basis of beach and wave data. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0441950

Entities

People

  • D. S. Gorsline

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Energy
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Sedimentology
  • Sediments
  • Wave Power

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Theoretical Analysis.