Haznet Research Topic - Shore Line Change
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Title: LANDSLIDE HAZARD POTENTIAL DETERMINATION ALONG A SHORELINE
SEGMENT
Author: EDIL TUNCER B; SHULTZ MICHAEL N
Citation: ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, 19( ):0159-0177, 1983
Year: 83
Program#: WIS-SG-83-751
Abstract: *****NO ABSTRACT*****
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NSGD#: WISCU-R-80-008
Title: MECHANICS OF COASTAL LANDSLIDES AND THE INFLUENCE OF SLOPE
PARAMETERS
Author: EDIL TUNCER B; VALLEJO LUIS E
Citation: ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, 16( ):0083-0096, 1980
Year: 80
Program#: WIS-SG-80-716
Abstract: *****NO ABSTRACT*****
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NSGD#: WISCU-H-86-001
Title: How to use fill material in stabilizing shoreline bluffs
or banks.
Author: Keillor J. Philip
Year: 86
Program#: WIS-SG-86-428-5
Abstract: ****NO ABSTRACT****
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NSGD#: WHOI-G-94-001
Title: The eroding shores of outer Cape Cod.
Author: Giese Graham S.; Giese Rachel B.
Citation: "The Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod,"
Informational Bulletin No. 5, pp. 1-15, January 1994.
Year: 94
# Pages: 15
Abstract: Severe winter storms are a fact of life for the New England
coast. Over a 75 year period the Weather Bureau at Boston reported 160
gales--that is, storms with continuous winds over 32 miles per hour. Of
those 160 gales, half blew from the northeast; a northeast wind is onshore
along the outer coast of Cape Cod and directly onshore at Highland Light.
During a gale the biggest waves break on the offshore bar, and these breakers
sometimes reach heights of twenty feet or more. Moving shoreward over
the deeper water between the outer and inner bars, the waves re-form and
then, at the inner bar, break again. Inshore the sea is a frothy confusion
of breakers tumbling together and roaring incessantly up the beach. These
storm waves move the beach sands much more rapidly and violently than
did the mild summer swells. The erosion of the outer arm of Cape Cod takes
place every winter; some winters more than others and some places more
than others. But every winter storm, waves cut away at the Cape. It would
make sense to build according to the conditions imposed by nature--adjust
ourselves to the changing shoreline rather than trying to adjust the shoreline
to ourselves. New forms will be born of the old and will themselves generate
change within the delicate balance of forces. As part of nature's continuum
it behooves us to live within it harmoniously.
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NSGD#: WHOI-G-93-002
Title: Where fresh and saltwater meet.
Author: Waters Barbara S.
Year: 93
Abstract: When freshwater and saltwater meet, they form a wedge.
The plant and animal life in the freshwater portion of a watershed changes
at the wedge. It is here, over the wedge, that an estuary begins. This
fact sheet contains helpful information on what exactly an estuary is,
as well as a guide to some of the plants and animals found in a typical
New England estuary.
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NSGD#: WHOI-R-90-002
Title: The story behind the new tidal inlet at Chatham.
Author: Giese Graham S.
Citation: "Nor'Easter," 2(1):28-33, Spring 1990.
Year: 90
# Pages: 41
Abstract: Coastal erosion and the periodic breaching of barrier
beaches are relatively common occurrences in the northeast. Yet, when
the new tidal inlet at Chatham Harbor, Massachusetts, first formed during
an intense northeasterly storm in the winter of 1987 it attracted a lot
of attention in Chatham and beyond. The residents of Chatham, however,
were not surprised--the question had not been `if there's a breach,' but
rather where and when. Nevertheless, individuals and the town and state
were then faced with the consequences, which were very costly to some.
This article recounts the event and offers some suggestions for future
such circumstances.
Notes: 1724 czmt no charge. Breaching of a Cape Cod barrier beach
