CONTENTS 



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 PREFACE iii 



I. INTRODUCTION 1 



II. FIELD METHODS 2 



1. Diving Barge 2 



2. Bottom Rope Support System 7 



3. The Greer Compass Case 7 



4. Study Methods 10 



ni. BED FORM CLASSIFICATION 10 



IV. FLOW CONDITIONS 14 



V. BED FORM MIGRATION 14 



VL BED FORM SEQUENCE 22 



Vn. INTERTIDAL BED FORM ORIENTATION AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERN 22 



Vni. SUBTIDAL FLOW CONDITIONS AND BED FORM ORIENTATION 22 



IX. SUMMARY OF BED FORM DISTRIBUTION 28 



X. CONCLUSIONS 28 



LITERATURE CITED 38 



TABLE 



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 Bed Form Classifications 12 



FIGURES 



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1 Location Map for the Parker -Essex Study Area 2 



2 Aerial Oblique Looking Southeast Over the Lower Parker River Estuary .... 3 



3 Aerial Oblique Photo of Middle Ground Flood-Tidal Delta Complex 4 



4 Aerial Oblique View of the Flood-Tidal Delta Complex in the Essex Estuary . 5 



