Sand Transport in Texas Tidal Inlet
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 115, Issue 4
Abstract
Rollover Pass is a manmade, artificially‐stabilized tidal inlet on the upper Gulf Coast of Texas. The magnitude of the net annual sand transport through the inlet was estimated: (1) As a percentage of the net longshore transport; (2) from excess beach erosion downdrift of the Pass; and (3) from dredge‐material volumes for the Intracoastal Waterway landward of the inlet. Limited direct measurements of sand transport were also made. The excess beach erosion downdrift of the Pass was between about 9,000 and 26,000 cu yd/yr (6,700 and ), which was in general agreement with the estimation of net annual sand transport calculated as a percentage of longshore transport. Net annual transport through the inlet estimated from extensive data on dredging rates was nearly an order of magnitude greater than estimates based on longshore transport and beach erosion.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 115 • Issue 4 • July 1989
Pages: 427 - 443
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