Historical Morphodynamics Of Inlets In Florida: Models For Coastal Zone Planning

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• Personal Author:
  Davis, Richard A. Jr. ; Gibeaut, James C.
• Corporate Authors:
  Florida Sea Grant College
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  FLSGP (Florida Sea Grant)
• Description:
  There are two reasons to consider tidal inlets in a beach management program: (1) ebb-tidal deltas are prime borrow areas for beach nourishment projects and (2) inlet throat migration, wave refraction across ebb-tidal deltas, and sediment trapping by tidal inlet systems affects sedimentation and navigation along adjacent shore lines. This report sets forth a preliminary inlet classification model for the west-central coast of Florida and discusses implications for shoreline management. It also includes a brief discussion of historical changes in inlets along that coast of Florida and an extensive data base on inlet parameters.
• Keywords:
  Coastal Zone Management Geomorphology Inlets Coastal Zone Management
• Series:
  Technical paper (Florida Sea Grant College)   no. 55
• Sea Grant Document Number:
  FLSGP-T-90-001
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  Florida
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:79a6f125a06c99b165b0fd5ad77b97c3be5578b284933200444c9e5230362990
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/39010/noaa_39010_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.85 MB ]