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Apr 26, 2012
Evolution of Grain-Size Distribution on Bogue Banks: Implications for Selection of Borrow Material
Publication: Coastal Sediments '07
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Bogue Banks, North Carolina is 40 kilometers (km) long and has received 6.6 million cubic meters of nourishment in the past five years. Six borrow areas of varying quality have been used ranging from fine, muddy sand in a federal dredge disposal area to coarse, shelly sand in an offshore borrow area. Composite sediment samples representing the native beach (foredune to low-tide terrace) were sampled before nourishment in June 1999 and after nourishment in November 2006. Profiles have been surveyed along the beach and combined by reach to form composite sections before and after nourishment. This paper provides representative pre/postnourishment grain-size distributions (GSDs) and composite profiles to illustrate similarities and (mostly subtle) differences between the native and nourished beaches. Despite some wide differences in GSDs, the nourished beaches and inshore morphology were generally maintained in the postnourishment profile. Additional sediment sampling and profiling are being conducted to quantify differences among the Bogue Banks projects.
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Coastal Science & Engineering, PO Box 8056, Columbia, SC 29202-8056. E-mail: [email protected]
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