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Coupling geological concepts with historical data sets in a MIS framework to prospect for beach-compatible sands on the inner continental shelf: experience on the eastern Texas gulf coast
Type: Text
Year: 2004, 2004
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Andrews, Jeffrey L., Benedet, Lindino, Campbell, Thomas J., Finkl, Charles W., Waters, Jeffrey P.
Publisher: Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Inc.
Description: Chronic erosion of beaches along the eastern Texas barrier island coast is increasingly mitigated by renourishment efforts that periodically place large volumes of sand onshore. Location of beach-quality sands on the inner continental shelf is challenged in an environment where terrestrial rivers deposit fluvial sediments in back bays and lagoons instead of offshore and by shelf areas that are… more
Full Text: FAU Institutional Repository http://purl.fcla.edu/fau/fauir This paper was submitted by the faculty of FAU’s Department of Geosciences. Notice: ©2004 Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Inc. [CERF] http://www.cerf-jcr.org/. This manuscript may be …