Beach Nourishment Techniques. Report 3. Typical U.S. Beach Nourishment Projects Using Offshore Sand Deposits.

Abstract

This report is a compendium of beach nourishment project characteristics for 20 typical U. S. shore segments for which the use of beach fill sediments from offshore borrow source areas has been suggested as a remedy for shore erosion. Data are provided to establish a basis for long-range planning of nourishment projects and systems. For each example project, the data provided consist of: history and description, location and bathymetry, fill and borrow site characteristics and specifications, design fill section, sediment grain size distributions, and fill calculations. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA102385

Entities

People

  • R. D. Hobson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Breakwaters
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flood Control
  • Geography
  • Grain Size
  • Massachusetts Bay
  • New England
  • New York
  • Regions
  • Ridges
  • Shores
  • Topography
  • United States
  • Waterways

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering