PREFACE 



This report is published to provide coastal engineers with a descrip- 

 tion of beach erosion and accretion at Virginia Beach, Virginia, including 

 the effect of continuing beach replenishment, and the apparent unimportance 

 of land use in determining erosion. This report also provides bench-mark 

 data on coastal processes at the shore north of the CERC Field Research 

 Facility at Duck, North Carolina. The work was carried out under the beach 

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

 CCERC) . 



The report was prepared by Victor Goldsmith (principal investigator) , 

 Susan Sturm, and George Thomas of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science 

 (VIMS), Gloucester Point, Virginia, under CERC Contract No. DACW72-74-C- 

 0008. Work under this contract is also reported in Applied Science and 

 Ocean Engineering No. 122 of VIMS. 



The authors give special appreciation to R.J. Byrne, C. Everts, C.J. 

 Galvin, Jr., and M.T. Czemiak, who provided advice during parts of the 

 study. Original profile data and helpful discussions were provided by 

 P. A. Bullock, L.E. Fausak, W. Harrison, J.F. McHone, Jr., G.L. Shideler, 

 and D.J. P. Swift. C.H. Sutton, A.H. Sallenger, Jr., F. Smith, and Y.E. 

 Goldsmith provided able field assistance on a voluntary basis in bimonthly 

 beach profiling during the 1972-74 precontract period. Fieldwork assist- 

 ance by numerous graduate students and researchers at VIMS is gratefully 

 acknowledged. A.L. Gutman and W.S. Richardson provided unpublished wind 

 and storm data from the Currituck Beach Lighthouse, Corolla, North Caro- 

 lina. A. Frisch assisted in the beach-trend analysis. 



Special thanks and appreciation are extended to the wave observers who 

 contributed data to this study, including R. Fields of Back Bay, Lt. Comdr. 

 C.A. Tarver and Lt. D. Jones of Dam Neck, and R.W. Klise of Sandbridge. 

 The cooperation and assistance of the following are gratefully acknowl- 

 edged: D. Hollands, R. Fields, and F. Smith of Back Bay Wildlife Refuge; 

 W. Taylor of False Cape State Park; E. Bichner, G. Austin, and others of 

 Corolla, North Carolina; and A. Gilbert and the Virginia Beach Erosion 

 Commission for providing monthly assistance during the study. Special 

 contributions by C. Diggs and N. Blake of VIMS and A.E. DeWall and P.I. 

 Campos of CERC in the preparation and analysis of the report are also 

 acknowledged. 



Drs. C.J. Galvin, Jr., C. Everts, and M.T. Czerniak were CERC contract 

 monitors at various times during the period of the contract. 



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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/JOHN H. COUSINS 

 Colonel, Corps of Engineers 

 Commander and Director 



