SUMMARY OF BEACH NOURISHMENT ALONG THE US GULF-OF-MEXICO SHORELINE

Authors
TREMBANIS AC PILKEY OH
Citation
Ac. Trembanis et Oh. Pilkey, SUMMARY OF BEACH NOURISHMENT ALONG THE US GULF-OF-MEXICO SHORELINE, Journal of coastal research, 14(2), 1998, pp. 407-417
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Journal of coastal research → ACNP
ISSN journal
07490208
Volume
14
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
407 - 417
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-0208(1998)14:2<407:SOBNAT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
This paper expands and revises the original Gulf of Mexico beach nouri shment database of DIXON and PILKEY (1989) by summarizing the beach no urishment experience up to 1996. Information is presented concerning 1 58 nourishment episodes along 60 beaches totaling over 78,000,000 cubi c yards of emplaced sand from Corpus Christi, Texas to Marco Island, F lorida. In recent years, the number, volume and average length of beac h nourishments per year has increased.