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Native Beach Assessment Techniques for Beach Design
Figure 1. Spatial variation in grain size distributions across a profile at a) the high energy low tide/plunge point and b) -3 foot shore sample on a naive profile at Jekyll Island, GA
Figure 2. Grain size distribution across a) winter erosional bar profile and b) summer accretional berm profile showing seasonal grain size spatial variability
Figure 3. Plot of samples required in each beach sub-environment, based on mean grain size at Ocean City, MD
Table 1. various sediment size classification methods in common use
Figure 4. Composite sediment sample grpoups across a profile at the Field Research facility, based on similarities in individual samples and depositional processes
Figure 5. a) Comparison of summer and winter intertidal composite native beach sand with borrow area composite grain size distributions and b) comparison offill sorting three and five months after placement
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