Perdido Key Beach nourishment project: Gulf Islands National Seashore 1991 annual report
This report is the second annual report in a continuing series documenting a fieldproject within the Gulf Islands National Seashore at Perdido Key, Florida. The field projectincludes the monitoring of a number of physical parameters related to the evolution of thePerdido Key beach nourishment project. Approximately 4.1 million m3 of dredge spoilfrom Pensacola Pass were placed upon approximately 7 km of the Gulf of Mexico beachesof Perdido Key between November, 1989, and September, 1990.Beach profile data describing the evolution of the nourished beach are included, aswell as wave, current, tide, wind, temperature, and rainfall data to describe the forces influencingthe evolution. Data describing the sediment sizes throughout the project areaare also included. A brief discussion of the data is included; a more detailed analysis andinterpretation will be presented in the lead author's Ph.D. dissertation. (313 pp.)
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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University of Florida, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Department
1992
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| Subjects: | Conservation, Oceanography, Engineering, Beach nourishment, Sediment transport, Shoreline response, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/18446 |
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