THE FORM OF NANTASKET BEACH 



DOUGLAS WILSON JOHNSON AND WILLIAM GARDNER REED, JR. 



INTRODUCTION 



This paper presents the results of a study of the form of Nantasket 

 Beach, and includes a discussion of the stages of development through 

 which the beach has passed to reach its present form, and of the 

 processes by which that development has been accomplished. Our 

 attention was directed to the Nantasket problem by Professor W. M. 



Fig 



Location of Nantasket area. 



Davis, who was the first to discover the significance of the abandoned 

 marine cliffs and beaches, and their relation to islands which have 

 long since disappeared. Acknowledgments are also due the Boston 

 street commissioners for assistance in securing old maps for examina- 

 tion; to Mr. E. G. Knight of Hull for information regarding con- 

 ditions prior to the building of the County Road on Nantasket 



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