A RECONNAISSANCE HEAVY MINERAL STUDY OF MONTEREY BAY BEACH SEDIMENT.

Abstract

Conclusions: The compositional changes that occur along the beaches of Monterey are not the result of selective sorting processes but rather reflect changes in the source sediment. Such changes may result from several different supply-littoral transport conditions. The changes which may occur at river mouths may reflect a flooding out of littorally transported sediment; changes not related to rivers may reflect local supply from cliff erosion. In the absence of any significant supply of sediment from rivers and cliff erosion these changes must reflect a lack of littoral transport and prior conditions which produced the observed mineralogical pattern. Only in areas devoid of long-term net littoral transport can such relict sedimentary dispersal patterns be preserved.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0640391

Entities

People

  • Frederick L. Sayles

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Floods
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Military Operations
  • Naval Vessels
  • Naval Vessels (Support)
  • Reconnaissance
  • Sediments
  • Transport Ships

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering