Temporal and Spatial Variations in Shoreline Migration Rates, Metompkin Island, Virginia
Examination of historic shoreline position changes provides a mechanism for evaluating the influence of spatial and temporal variations in barrier island morphology on the long-term evolution...
Cross Shore Variations in Heavy Minerals in Beaches of the Barrier Dominated Southeast Atlantic Coast
Cross shore beach sample sets from 102 locations along the barrier dominated Atlantic coast from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to Palm Beach, Florida were studied to determine if there were...
Shoreline Response of Northern New Jersey Barrier System
The barrier island system along northern New Jersey coastline was evaluated for changes in shoreline trends, based on recent shoreline mapping and in support of U.S. Army Engineer, New...
The Coastal Breach at Nauset Beach, Chatham, Massachusetts?A Case Study
Nauset Beach, a barrier spit separating Pleasant Bay from the Atlantic Ocean at the town of Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, breached in a severe storm on January 2, 1987. The breach...
Impacts of Tidal Inlet Formation on the Physical Characteristics of a Barrier Beach?Estuary System
A new tidal inlet at Nauset Beach, an 11 km-long barrier beach in Chatham, Massachusetts, has severely impacted the physical characteristics of the estuary-barrier beach system of which...
Stabilization Attempts: Westhampton Beach, N.Y.
The barrier island at Westhampton Beach, N.Y. and its associated inlets have been the sites of numerous management and stabilization projects. Most of these projects have been technically...
Scenarios for Land Use on Delaware Barrier Beaches
Design criteria developed from tenets of the industrial-scientific world view emphasized capital-intensive use of barrier beaches for maximum economic productivity, whereas bioregional...
Protecting Undeveloped Barrier Islands?A Florida Case Study
Although most of Florida's large barrier islands have been partially or fully developed and their natural resource values jeopardized, several smaller islands along the coasts,...
Coastal Barrier Island Management in Florida
Coastal barriers in Florida have experienced the brunt of the state's rapid population growth. Excessive development of these environmentally sensitive areas has destroyed...
Analysis of Barrier Island Dynamics for Ship Channel Planning at Ship Island, Mississippi
Ship Island is located among a chain of barrier islands approximately 18 km south of Biloxi, Mississippi. During initial construction of Gulfport Harbor Ship Channel, 1901-1905, the channel...
Drainage Problems in a Highly-Developed Shoreline Area
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, is a 42-square mile barrier island on the south-east coast Flooding of roads and properties is a continual problem in this low-lying, flat area due...
Barrier Islands
Process and Management
These papers were presented at Coastal Zone '89 the Sixth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management held in Charleston, South Carolina, July 11-14, 1989. This volume is part...
Design Considerations for Trucks in Work Zones
In an Eastern state a 3. 8 mi (6. 2 km) work zone had 14 accidents during a project duration of 120 days. Eleven of the 14 accidents occurred at temporary crossovers where traffic was...
Roads for Sale
Due to the decline in available federal revenue for transportation facilities, privatization is becoming a common alternative to project financing. A case study of a public/private partnership...
Roadside Safety Design for the Micro-Mini Vehicles
This paper summarizes the results of a study to evaluate the impact performance of widely used roadside safety elements for a 1,500 lb vehicle and to identify potential modifications that...
Innovative Contracting Procedures
The design and construction of the transportation infrastructure is becoming more complex, especially as new products and procedures are becoming available. Some highway agencies are tending...
Beach Replenishment: The National Solution?
The records of more than 90 replenished beaches and more than 200 sand-pumping operations on East Coast barrier island shorelines, while fragmentary, reveal a wide range of experiences,...
Disturbance and Community Development
This paper reports on the recovery of nearshore vegetation after Hurricane Allen in 1980, change in roadside vegetation throughout a year, and the early re-establishment of vegetation...
Caribou Mitigation in an Arctic Oilfield
The Kuparuk oilfield on the Arctic coastal plain of Alaska is in an area of traditional summer use by the Central Arctic Caribou Herd, who use it for calving, feeding, and insect relief....
Barrier Beach Management: The Long Island Experience
Barrier beaches are intrinsically unstable but are used for a variety of human activities ranging from recreational to commercial use. This type of land use often leads to the demand for...
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