Beach Changes at Atlantic City, New Jersey (1962-73).
Abstract
Repetitive surveys of the above MSL beach were made along seven profile lines at Atlantic City, on the northeast end of Absecon Island, New Jersey, from 1962 to 1973. Major beach-fill projects were accomplished in 1963 and 1970 which introduced approximately 428,000 and 635,000 cubic meters of fill material, respectively, to the northernmost half of the study area; movements of this material are discussed. Seventeen storms were reasonably well documented during the study and their effects are reported. Measured storm changes were highly variable. For a given storm, adjacent profiles often indicated opposite changes, with one accreting and one eroding. this is attributed to structural effects, as well as wave refraction effects near Absecon Inlet. Storm changes of the MSL shoreline position were often opposite in sign from beach volume changes. Frequently, the shoreline change indicated accretion, while the beach volume actually suffered a net loss. The largest beach changes measured resulted from the storm of 23 September 1964, which eroded an average of about 23 cubic meters per meter of beach face above MSL, and storms of 16 September 1967 and 25 February 1968, which caused an average shoreline recession of 5.9 meters. Beach changes were found to be seasonal, with the greatest volume of sand above MSL from May to October. The data collected provide no information on the profile changes occurring below MSL. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA101843
Entities
People
- Dennis P. Mccann
Organizations
- Coastal Engineering Research Center