PREFACE 



This report provides coastal engineers an evaluation o£ a beach nourishment 

 concept which utilizes wave transport to move sand onto a beach from a shallow- 

 water dump site. Knowledge of sand movement patterns, as well as properties of 

 the physical setting, is critical for evaluating the validity of the concept and 

 for providing planning criteria for disposal operations based upon the concept. 

 This field experiment is the first of a series of continuing experiments to de- 

 termine the effects of disposal at various water depths. The work was carried 

 out under the coastal construction research program of the U.S. Army Coastal 

 Engineering Research Center (CERC) . 



The report was prepared by Dr. Robert K. Schwartz and Frank R. Musialowski, 

 formerly with CERC, now with the Department of Geology, Allegheny College, 

 Meadville, Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, Reston, 

 Virginia, respectively, under the general supervision of Dr. C.H. Everts, Chief, 

 Engineering Geology Branch, Engineering Development Division, CERC. 



The authors acknowledge the Plant Branch of the Operations Division, Direc- 

 torate of Civil Works, OCE, for their testing and planning support, and the U.S. 

 Army Engineer District, Wilmington, who carried out all operations and provided 

 assistance in the monitoring program. In particular, special thanks are extended 

 to W. Murden, OCE, and W. Sanderson, Wilmington District, whose support and as- 

 sistance were indispensable. CERC was responsible for planning and conducting 

 the monitor study of the placed material. Military personnel and equipment sup- 

 port were supplied by Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and Fort Story, Virginia. Person- 

 nel from the U.S. Army 86th Diving Detachment, Fort Belvoir, were instrumental 

 to the success of the field operation, 



D. Howard of the Wilmington District provided field liaison. Dr. R. Hobson 

 and D. Prins of CERC assisted in field data collection. Special thanks are due 

 to M. O'Keefe (Washington State University), who aided in field data collection 

 and the tedious job of data reduction; R.O. Bruno (CERC), who donated much time 

 and expertise in the data processing phase of the study; and Drs. C. Everts, 

 Engineering Geology Branch, and R.J. Hallermeier, Coastal Processes and Struc- 

 tures Branch, who reviewed the manuscript. 



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. 



TED E. •BISHOP 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



