Summary of Beach Nourishment along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Shoreline

This paper expands and revises the original Gulf of Mexico beach nourishment database of Dixon and Pilkey (1989) by summarizing the beach nourishment experience up to 1996. Information is presented concerning 158 nourishment episodes along 60 beaches totaling over 78,000,000 cubic yards of emplaced...

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Published in:Journal of coastal research 1998-03, Vol.14 (2), p.407-417
Main Authors: Arthur C. Trembanis, Pilkey, Orrin H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beaches
Coastal engineering
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Erosion control
Exact sciences and technology
Gulfs
Keys
Marine
Marine and continental quaternary
Marine engineering
Military engineering
Navigation
Shorelines
Storms
Surficial geology
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Summary:This paper expands and revises the original Gulf of Mexico beach nourishment database of Dixon and Pilkey (1989) by summarizing the beach nourishment experience up to 1996. Information is presented concerning 158 nourishment episodes along 60 beaches totaling over 78,000,000 cubic yards of emplaced sand from Corpus Christi, Texas to Marco Island, Florida. In recent years, the number, volume and average length of beach nourishments per year has increased.
ISSN:0749-0208
1551-5036