Quantitative Analysis Of Shoreline Change, Sargent, Texas

Details

• Personal Author:
  Sealy, James E. ; Ahr, Wayne M.
• Corporate Authors:
  Texas A & M University, Sea Grant College Program, ; National Sea Grant Program (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  TAMU (Texas Sea Grant) ; NSGO/NSGLC (National Sea Grant)
• Description:
  The constantly increasing urban and industrial demands on Texas shorelines have placed great stress on a delicately balanced environment. There are tremendous political and economic incentives for the development of methods which will predict the reaction of the coastal system to planned man-made changes on or near the coastline, This thesis examines a method for shoreline stability analysis which could be used in conjunction with conventional studies of beach erosion rates to provide a more thorough understanding of the interaction of waves, the longshore current, and the coastal sediments. A method for the prediction of erosion and deposition rates related to the interaction of longshore currents and the sediment discharged at the mouth of a river is developed, and this method is applied to the new Brazos River delta near Freeport, Texas.
• Keywords:
  Beach Erosion Coast Changes Beach Erosion Coast Changes
• Series:
  TAMU-SG   75-209
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Funding:
  Funding: NOAA Office of Sea Grants; grant number: 04-3-158-18;
• Place as Subject:
  Texas
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2159f4881b81a7825d19ed380ce4b02db2c3b3418685addbc90e15181dc1c8bf
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/12688/noaa_12688_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.20 MB ]