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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/2854| Title: | Predicting adjustments in shore and offshore sand profiles on the Great Lakes |
| Authors: | Hands, Edward B. |
| Keywords: | Beach Profile Adjustments Great Lakes Lake Level Changes Lake Michigan Offshore Bathymetry |
| Publisher: | Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Coastal engineering technical aid ; no. 81-4. |
| Description: | Technical Aid Abstract: This report summarizes a procedure for calculating the ultimate advance or retreat of the beach profile in response to a semipermanent change in water level elevation. The method, applicable to sandy shores throughout the Great Lakes, is illustrated by two examples. Hands (1980) describes the development of the procedure. A strictly empirical correlation useful for estimating shore retreat on a 1-to 5-year basis is discussed in Hands (1979). The present procedure couples field measurements with a model of how the profile ultimately reestablishes equilibrium with a new water level elevation. The former procedure would generally underestimate this longer term change. |
| Rights: | Approved for Public Release, Distribution is Unlimited |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/2854 |
| Appears in Collections: | Coastal Engineering Technical Aid |
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| CETA-81-4.pdf | 8.84 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |