Beach Changes Caused by the Atlantic Coast Storm of 17 December 1970.

• Main Authors: DeWall, Allan E, Pritchett, Patricia C, Galvin, Cyril J , Jr
• Other Authors: COASTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER VICKSBURG MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; *EROSION; *BEACHES; MEASUREMENT; REMOVAL; COASTAL REGIONS; OCEAN WAVES; SAND; PROFILES; STORMS; SHORT RANGE(DISTANCE); NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; FIELD CONDITIONS; TIDES; Cape May; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA037378; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA037378

A low-pressure system with 20- to 35-knot winds caused waves up to 11 feet high and tides up to 3.6 feet above normal along Atlantic coast beaches, North Carolina to New England, from 16 to 18 December 1970. Ninety-one beach profile lines were surveyed from dune to low tide terrace within 2 weeks be...