Download or read book Investigation of Quaternary Eustatic Shorelines in the Galveston Bay Region Texas written by Vernon James Henry and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Investigation of Shoreline like Features in the Galveston Bay Region Texas written by Vernon J. Henry and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Annotated Bibliography of the Fish and Wildlife Resources of Galveston Bay Texas Annotated bibliography author index and taxonomic index written by Steven P. Christman and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book An Assessment of Future Coastal Land Loss in Galveston Chambers and Jefferson Counties Texas written by Steven John Germiat and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loss of coastal land has been occurring along the Upper Texas Gulf Coast over the historical record. This loss of land will continue into the future, probably at increasing rates due to accelerated sea-level rise caused by global warming (i.e. the "greenhouse effect"). Three scenarios for shoreline retreat and land loss to the year 2050 are developed for the uppermost 200 km of the Texas Coast, between Sabine Pass and the mouth of the Trinity River. The scenarios (baseline, low-rise and high-rise) integrate best available estimates of sea-level rise in the next century with empirical relations between relative sea-level rise and shoreline movement during a baseline period (1930-1974 or 1982, depending on the availability of shoreline movement data) for each of 10 shoreline segments. Loss of coastal land results from both erosion and submergence of the coastline due to relative sea-level rise. Relative sea-level (RSL) rise, in turn, encompasses eustatic rise and land-surface subsidence. Baseline rates of RSL rise at Pier 21 on Galveston are 6.9 mm/yr (1930-1974) and 7.6 mm/yr (1930-1982). Data from nonsubsiding tidal gages along the Florida Gulf Coast are used to define a 2.2 mm/yr baseline rate of eustatic rise within the Gulf of Mexico. Land-surface subsidence accounts for the residual 4.7 and 5.4 mm/yr. Land-surface subsidence within the study area is the result of undifferentiated natural consolidation of clay-rich sediments and regional subsurface depressurization caused by production of oil and gas. Groundwater pumpage is minimal within the area and is not considered a cause of subsidence, although large-scale pumping in the metropolitan Houston area has probably caused subsidence along the eastern shore of Trinity Bay. The baseline scenario assumes a constant rate of RSL rise, resulting in a rise of 0.45-0.49 m by 2050. At 2050, RSL rises of 0.66-0.70 min the low-rise scenario and 0.88-0.92 m in the high-rise scenario are predicted by combining low- and high-rise estimates of eustatic rise developed from a synthesis of nine recently published projections with a constant baseline rate of subsidence. The multiplicative factors of approximately 1.5 for the low-rise and 2.0 for the high-rise scenario are calculated from the ratios of projected RSL rise to baseline RSL rise at 2050. These factors are integrated into the baseline relation between RSL rise and shoreline movement to estimate shoreline displacement and subsequent loss of land by 2050 in each of the 10 shoreline segments. The estimated net change of land area by 2050 for the entire study area coastline is -17.2 km2 (4248 acres) in the baseline scenario, -25.2 km2 (6224 acres) in the low-rise scenario, and -33.8 km2 (8349 acres) in the high-rise scenario. Shoreline retreat and land loss scenarios developed in this study represent conservative estimates. Recent rates of relative sea-level rise (between 1958 and the mid-1980s) at Pier 21 and at Sabine Pass exceed 11 mm/yr, 50-60% higher than the calculated long-term rates of 6.9 and 7.6 mm/yr, used as the baseline for this analysis. Therefore projected RSL rise by 2050 are conservative and may underestimate shoreline displacement and coastal land loss. These projections should be considered in the future development of and use of the Texas Coast.

Download or read book Galveston Creek Shore Erosion Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shore of Galveston Bay Galveston County Tex written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Coastal Depositional Systems in the Gulf of Mexico written by Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists. Gulf Coast Section. Foundation. Research Conference and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Formation and Future of the Upper Texas Coast written by John B. Anderson and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With strong personal and professional ties to the Gulf of Mexico, marine geologist John B. Anderson has spent two decades studying the Texas coastline and continental shelf. In this book, he sets out to answer fundamental questions that are frequently asked about the coast--how it evolved; how it operates; how natural processes affect it and why it is ever changing; and, finally, how human development can be managed to help preserve it. The book provides an amply illustrated look at ocean waves and currents, beach formation and erosion, barrier island evolution, hurricanes, and sea level changes. With an abundance of visual material--including aerial photos, historical maps, simple figures, and satellite images--the author presents a lively, interesting lesson in coastal geography that readers will remember and appreciate the next time they are at the beach and want to know: "What happens to the sand that erodes from our beaches?" "Can beach erosion be stopped--and should we try?" "How much sand will be needed to stabilize our beaches?" "Does a hurricane have any positive impacts?" "How much development can the coast withstand?" This entertaining and instructive book provides authoritative answers to these and other questions that are essential to our understanding of coastal change.

Download or read book Galveston Bay Area Navigation Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Oceanography written by Defense Documentation Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Galveston Bay written by Sally Antrobus and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Galveston Bay is the recreational center of the Texas coast - a fishing, boating, and birdwatching playground for the almost four million people who live on or near it. Sally E. Antrobus has produced a book for residents and visitors alike that tunes them in to what is happening in, on, and to the bay - the book she herself wished for when she first came to live nearby." "Beginning with a short, incisive history of the peopling of the area, Antrobus describes how the bay works ecologically and how it is put to work, for recreation and for commerce; how nature both contributes to and controls the human enterprise there; and how power and politics can destroy all the bay has to offer."--Jacket

Download or read book Environmental Geologic Atlas of the Texas Coastal Zone written by University of Texas at Austin. Bureau of Economic Geology and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Historical Shoreline Changes in the Galveston Bay and San Antonio Bay Systems Texas Gulf Coast written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Oceanographic Survey of the Gulf of Mexico written by Texas A & M University System. Department of Oceanography and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reconnaissance Study of Wave Refraction and Shoreline Change for the Galveston Texas Beach Nourishment Borrow Sites written by Cheryl A. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracings: 95.06, 16.72.