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Beach Nourishment Theory and Practice

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ISBN-10: 9810215487

ISBN-13: 9789810215484

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert G. Dean

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List price: $54.00
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Methods of and Dredging Equipment for Beach Nourishment
Tools for Later Use
Performance Measures and Prediction
Additional Cross-Shore Considerations
Additional Planform Considerations
Borrow Area Considerations
Costs and Benefits of Beach Nourishment
Environmental Effects of Beach Nourishment
Monitoring of Beach Nourishment Projects
Case Studies
Effects of Idealized Wave Refraction by Nourishment Projects
Decomposition of Total Transport into Background and Project Component
Nourished Profiles Represented by a Distribution of Sediment Sizes
Composite Sand Characteristics
Erosional Hot Spots
Nourishment Along a Seawalled Coast
Shoreline Changes Downdrift of a Littoral Barrier with Periodic Bypassing
Effects of Sand Size on Evolution of Nourished Beaches
Mechanics of Hydraulic Dredging
Storm Damage Reduction Potential by Beach Nourishment
Probability of Encountering Rock with Cores through a Borrow Pit
Author Index
Subject Index
Location Index