Coastal Barrier Island Breaching, Part 2: Mechanical Breaching and Breach Closure
BREACHING ADJACENT TO JETTIES
Figure 1. Shinnecock Inlet, NY, showing severely eroded downdrift beach adjacent to downdrift jetty
Breaching updrift of jetties
MECHANICAL BREACH CLOSURE
Figure 4. Rock fill by conventional end-dump method (Henshaw 1956).
Buxton Inlet, North Carolina
Figure 5. The Buxton breach, 29 January 1963, looking toward the sound (Wilmington District 1963).
Moriches Inlet, New York
Westhampton Beach, New York
Grays Harbor, Washington - CHETN_Breaching0011
Grays Harbor, Washington - CHETN_Breaching0012
Coos Bay, Oregon
Figure 8. Coos Bay, Oregon breach of the north jetty (Hays et al. 2003)
Hatteras Island, North Carolina
MECHANICAL BREACHING
Redwood Creek, Northern California
San Dieguito Lagoon, Southern California.
Coastal ponds on the Atlantic coast
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - CHETN_Breaching0020
REFERENCES: - CHETN_Breaching0021
REFERENCES: (Cont.) - CHETN_Breaching0022
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BREACHING ADJACENT TO JETTIES
Figure 1. Shinnecock Inlet, NY, showing severely eroded downdrift beach adjacent to downdrift jetty
Breaching updrift of jetties
MECHANICAL BREACH CLOSURE
Figure 4. Rock fill by conventional end-dump method (Henshaw 1956).
Buxton Inlet, North Carolina
Figure 5. The Buxton breach, 29 January 1963, looking toward the sound (Wilmington District 1963).
Moriches Inlet, New York
Westhampton Beach, New York
Grays Harbor, Washington - CHETN_Breaching0011
Grays Harbor, Washington - CHETN_Breaching0012
Coos Bay, Oregon
Figure 8. Coos Bay, Oregon breach of the north jetty (Hays et al. 2003)
Hatteras Island, North Carolina
MECHANICAL BREACHING
Redwood Creek, Northern California
San Dieguito Lagoon, Southern California.
Coastal ponds on the Atlantic coast
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - CHETN_Breaching0020
REFERENCES: - CHETN_Breaching0021
REFERENCES: (Cont.) - CHETN_Breaching0022
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