Technical Memodrandum


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An Environmental Bibliography for Northwest Florida, 1900-1985


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This bibliography is intended to provide scientists, resource managers, regulators and the concerned public with a comprehensive reference to materials pertinent to the environmental issues affecting Northwest Florida. This effort is strongly coastal and estuarine in its coverage and is limited geographically to the area between Cape San Blas, Florida and Baldwin County, Alabama.







Beach Nourishment Techniques


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This report is a compendium of beach nourishment project characteristics for 20 typical U.S. shore segments for which the use of beach fill sediments from offshore borrow source areas has been suggested as a remedy for shore erosion. Data are provided to establish a basis for long-range planning of nourishment projects and systems. For each example project, the data provided consist of: history and description, location and bathymetry, fill and borrow site characteristics and specifications, design fill section, sediment grain size distributions, and fill calculations. (Author).