UNCLASSIFIED 



SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE (When Data Entered) 



REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 



READ INSTRUCTIONS 

 BEFORE COMPLETING FORM 



1. REPORT NUMBER 



MR 77-12 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE fsnd SuMJ(/eJ 



BEACH EROSION AND ACCRETION AT 

 VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, AND VICINITY 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



No. 122 



7. AUTHORfs; 



Victor Goldsmith 

 Susan C. Sturm 

 George R. Thomas 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs; 



DACW72-74-C-0008 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Virginia Institute of Marine Science 

 Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062 



D31194 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-CP) 



Kingman Building. Fort Belvoir. Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



December 1977 



'3. NUMBER OF PAGES 



185 



14. MONITORING AGENCY NAME a ADDRESSCi/ d///eren( from Controlling Ollice) 



15. SECURITY CLASS, (ol this report) 



UNCLASSIFIED 



16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of this Report) 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



17. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (ol the abstract entered In Block 20, It diflerent from Report) 



18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



19. KEY WORDS (Continue on i 



Accretion 

 Beach erosion 

 Beach morphology 



ssary and identity by block number) 



Beach nourishment 

 Coastal engineering 

 Littoral processes 



Sediment 



Virginia Beach, Virginia 



20 ABSTRACT (Continue an reverse side If necessary and Idenlify by block number) 



Eighteen profile lines from Fort Story south to the Virginia-North 

 Carolina State line were surveyed monthly for 27 months (September 1974 to 

 December 1976). Net volume changes were moderate, with maximum rates of 

 accretion at the north and south ends of the study area. A statistical analy- 

 sis using earlier surveys going back to November 1956 confirms the pattern 

 of accretion in the north and south separated by erosion in 'the middle. 



(Continued) 



DD 1 JAN 73 1473 EDITION OF t NOV 65 IS OBSOLETE 



UNCLASSIFIED 



SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE (Wtten Data Entered) 



