PREFACE 



This report is published to provide coastal engineers with the first 

 comprehensive report on dune building and stabilization in the United 

 States, the results of over 20 years of experimentation in the major 

 coastal regions. The work was carried out under the coastal ecology 

 research program of the U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center 

 (CERC) . 



This report is one of a series of reports to be published to form a 

 Coastal Engineering Manual. 



The report was prepared by W.W. Woodhouse, Jr., Professor of Soil 

 Science, North Carolina State University, under CERC Contract No. 

 DACW72-76-C-0006. 



The author expresses appreciation to D.A. Correll, B. Cowan, B.E. 

 Dahl, A.F. Johnson, C.L. Moore, and W.C. Sharp for their helpful sug- 

 gestions; to S.W. Broome, J. Colosi, and E.D. Seneca for their review 

 and comments; and to C.L. Campbell and L. Martin for the drawings. 



R.M. Yancey was the contract monitor of the report, under the general 

 supervision of E.J. Pullen, Chief, Coastal Ecology Branch, Research 

 Division, CERC. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th 

 Congress, approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 

 88th Congress, approved 7 November 1963. 



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rOHN H. COUSINS 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



