"Coast Erosion and the Development o£ 5406GR0001 



Beach Profiles" 



Bruun , P . , U. S. Army Beach Erosion Board 



Technical Memorandum , No. 44, June, 1954, 



pp. 2-64. (BEB T.M. 44) 



A groin system built during 1875-1909 and its subsequent 

 maintenance is described. Shoreline changes, erosion profiles, 

 and actual and theoretical quantities of eroded material along 

 the Danish North Sea Coast are given. 



Key Words - Europe/ 1900- 1949/Concrete/ Impermeab le/Scour/Structural - 

 design/Maintenance/Terminal/Field/System/Erosion/Theory/ 



"Fundamentals of Coast Erosion and Defence" 

 Minikin, R. R. , Proceedings of Fifth Con- 

 ference on Coastal Engineering , Council on 

 Wave Research of the Engineering Foundation, 

 Sept., 1954, pp. 448-471. (TC203 .C6) 



The author presents examples of European coastal problems and 

 the remedies applied. Countries include England, Denmark, Holland, 

 Belgium, France, Spain, and Italy. 



Key Words - Low/Timber/Europe/System/Concrete/Terminal/Field/ 



Impermeable/Scour/Accretion/High/Rubble-mound/Misc- 

 materials/Structural -design/Steel/Short /Single/ 

 1900-1949/1950-1954/ 



"Bitumen in Coastal Engineering" 5409GR0002 



van Asbeck, W. F. , Proceedings of Fifth 

 Conference on Coastal Engineering , Council 

 on Wave Research of the Engineering Founda- 

 tion, Sept., 1954, pp. 587-618. (TC203 

 .C6) 



Aspects of the design of coastal protection works using bitumen 

 ore given. A short review of important shore protection structures, 

 including groins; methods of application and properties of bitumi- 

 nous construction; and a number of representative examples of each 

 type of application are given. 



Key Words - Asphalt/Structural-design/Impermeable/Misc-materials/ 

 Maintenance/Europe/1900- 1949/1950-1954/ 



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