Marine Science Faculty Publications
Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
Beach erosion is a chronic problem along many openocean shores of the United States. As coastal populations continue to grow and community infrastructures are threatened by erosion, there is increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present trends and rates of shoreline movement. There is also a need for a comprehensive analysis of shoreline movement that is consistent from one coastal region to another. To meet these national needs, the U.S. Geological Survey is conducting an analysis of historical shoreline changes along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Hawaii and Alaska. One purpose of this work is to develop standard repeatable methods for mapping and analyzing shoreline movement so that periodic updates regarding coastal erosion and land loss can be made nationally that are systematic and internally consistent. In the case of this study, the shoreline being measured is the boundary between the ocean water surface and the sandy beach.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2006-1219, 79 p.
Link to the publisher: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1219/
Scholar Commons Citation
Hapke, Cheryl; Reid, David; Richmond, Bruce M.; Ruggiero, Peter; and List, Jeff, "National Assessment of Shoreline Change Part 3: Historical Shoreline Change and Associated Coastal Land Loss Along Sandy Shorelines of the California Coast" (2006). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 2490.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/2490
