Download or read book Sediment Transport Processes in the Nearshore Waters Adjacent to Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula written by Gary Lynn Hall and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The net longshore transport of sand along Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island during 1975 was toward the southwest at rates that varied from 1.52 x 10 5 yds3/yr at Sea Isle on Galveston Island to 5.4 x 10 4 yds3/yr at Gilchrist on Bolivar Peninsula. Net longshore transport was toward the southwest during months of fall, winter and spring and generally toward the northeast only during three months of summer. An excellent correlation exists between the longshore transport direction and several factors including the frequency of the observed wave approach, speed and direction of the longshore current and the wind direction and velocity. Fluorescent sediment tracer studies revealed that a significant portion of the longshore transport showed a tendency to move parallel to the shoreline or offshore toward the breaker zone under most surf conditions. The seaward transport of sand in the surf zone was characteristically along paths nearly parallel to the angle of wave approach until reaching the breaker zone. Transport parallel to the shore at a significant distance shoreward of the primary breaker zone was usually attributed to entrainment in moderate- to high-velocity longshore currents, transport on the crests of bars or channelized flow in the runnels. Sediment tracer analyses conducted along the north and south jetties revealed that transport along these structures was controlled primarily by wind direction, wave action and the strength and direction of the prevailing tidal currents. Strong northerly winds create intense wave action which vigorously churns the sediments and batters the north jetty. Enhanced ebb-tidal currents transport the sandy sediments seaward along the jetty, through the small boat passage into the outer bar channel and ultimately around the seaward extremity of the jetty.
Download or read book Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations Galveston Texas Offshore Disposal Site written by Thomas D. Wright and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Galveston Bay Dredged Disposal Site Designation written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Galveston Multipurpose Deepwater Port and Crude Oil Distribution System written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freeport Harbor 45 foot Project Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site Designation written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Matagorda Bay Texas Its Hydrography Ecology and Fishery Resources written by George H. Ward and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 252 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:
Download or read book America s Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities written by Joseph T. Kelley and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sea level is rising, and yet Americans continue to develop beaches with little regard. In this volume, a group of coastal geologists discusses the startling saga of ten U.S. East and Gulf Coast shoreline communities (plus Puerto Rico and some western Europe strands) and the problems created by their inevitable interaction with natural processes in this highly dynamic geologic environment. The authors discuss the geologic context of the hazards of each site as the history of societal responses and their environmental impacts. Response to the natural coastal processes that threaten lives and buildings is carried out in a context of local, state and national politics with fixed short-term engineering solutions (beach replenishment, seawalls) generally favored over longer-term approaches (moving back, prohibition of seawalls). This essential GSA Special Paper foreshadows the impending rise of sea level and the myriad of shoreline responses and political controversies it will provoke."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Texas City Channel Galveston Bay Area written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Coastal estuarine and Nearshore Processes written by Evelyn Sinha and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sedimentation and shore processes at Bolivar Peninsula Galveston County Texas written by Raymond Moseley Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of Sedimentary Petrology written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coastal Sediments 87 written by Nicholas C. Kraus and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flume Experiments on Sand Silt and Clay Mixtures from the Offshore Dredged Material Disposal Site Galveston Texas written by Anthony Joseph Moherek and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flume experiments were performed on four sediment mixtures sampled from the offshore Galveston dredged material disposal site in order to determine their critical erosion velocity, shear stress, and modes of sediment transport. Also, an analysis of the offshore Galveston hydrographic regime was performed using meteorologic and oceanographic data. The results of the flume experiments indicated that the four sediment mixtures eroded similarly. Extrapolation of flume results to recorded offshore bottom current speed measurements indicate that bedload erosion occurs much more frequently near the northern margin of the disposal site. Also, net bedload transport of disposal material is oriented down the coast or offshore from the disposal site, suggesting that material will not likely return to the channel proper as shoaling sediment. (Author).
Download or read book Contributions in Oceanography written by Texas A & M University. College of Geosciences and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
