Mechanisms of shoreline erosion in a back-bay environment, Cape Carancahua, Texas /
all of these mechanisms were found to be the geotechnical
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1995.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | all of these mechanisms were found to be the geotechnical alterations have increased pore-water pressures, increased at the bay inlet. Interestingly, the main controls behind Because the back-bays along the coast of Texas are becoming clays at the site were tested and found to be highly development along this shoreline are becoming more common. effective mechanisms of erosion such as headward and downward energy, it is not affected by the problems more typical of erosion, here and elsewhere, have normally focused on topics Examples of these alterations include the removal of failures, and some wave erosion and scour. The operation of grass watering, installation of septic systems, and dredging gully erosion, piping, circular-arc and planar slope increasingly populated, erosion problems associated with materials in the search for effective solutions to protect minor factors were also found to influence erosion. Because other variables that increase the rate of sediment removal. Past and present efforts to understand and control shoreline properties of the clayey shore and coastal materials. The protective marine vegetation, removal of upland coastal rather than wave erosion, a future need has been identified run-off velocities, increased run-off volumes, and enhanced soil-mechanics were found to be the dominating erosive factor specific failure mechanisms. Of course, other common, yet such as wave erosion, longshore drift, sediment starvation, susceptible to shrink-sweff, liquefaction, and dispersion. the open coast. At this location, there are other more The soil types identified were able to be correlated to these mechanisms has been made more effective because human these types of eroding back-bay shorelines. this back-bay area is estuarine and is relatively low in wave tidal currents, wave reflection and scour caused by retaining to evaluate geotechnical properties of the shore and coastal vegetation, development of wave reflective sea-walls, lawn- walls, and loss of protective wetlands. However, because |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Geology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 123 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |