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Berryhill, H. L., Jr. 1970. Remote sensing techniques as applied to coastal 



sedimentation, south Texas. Pages 6-1 to 6-15 jn_ Earth resources aircraft 



program. Vol. 1. NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston. 



Discusses sediment movement, current patterns, water penetration and 

 clarity of bottom features, and bay and lagoon flushing as indicated by 

 infrared imagery of the barrier bar coastline of south Texas since 1967. 



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*Clary, J., J. Stinson, and R. J. Tanenbaum. 1974. Coastal aeolian fans- 

 mechanism of landward sand transport. Geological Society of America, 

 Abstracts with Programs 6:689-690. 



Landward aeolian sand transport is described for the barrier islands 

 of Texas, with emphasis on Padre Island. 



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 *Cooke, C. W. 1968. Barrier island formation: 

 of America Bulletin 79(7) :945-946. 



discussion. Geological Society 



This article describes the various ways in which a barrier island may 

 be produced. Areas discussed include Cape Hatteras, Sapelo Island, Padre 

 Island, and the Florida Keys. 



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Dahl , B. E., B. A. Fall, A. Lohse, and S. G. Appan . 1975. Construction and 



stabilization of coastal foredunes with vegetation: Padre Island, Texas. 



Coastal Engineering Research Center Miscellaneous Paper No. 9-75. 188 pp. 



Reports on experiments conducted from 1969 to 1974 on Padre Island to 

 establish technical specifications and methodologies for use of beach 

 grasses to construct and stabilize foredunes as storm surge barriers. 



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Dickinson, K. A. 1971. Grain-size distribution and the depositional history 



of Northern Padre Island, Texas. U.S. Geological Survey, Professional 



Paper 750-C:Cl-C6. 



Deals with grain-size distribution and deposition on northern Padre 

 Island and notes that grain size decreasing with depth, as in Galveston 

 Island, is not a relation found on all barrier islands. 



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 *Fisk, H. N. 1959. Padre Island and the Laguna Madre flats, coastal south 

 Texas. Pages 102-151 in_ Second coastal geography conference. Louisiana 

 State University, Baton Rouge. 



This paper relates Padre Island and the Laguna Madre flats to their 

 regional setting. Sedimentary processes active in their formation are 

 briefly discussed, and the later Quaternary stratigraphy and history of 

 sedimentation in the area are summarized. 



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