CONTENTS 



Page 



2. Waves 72 



3. Profile Shapes 76 



4. Sand Storage 80 



VII SUMMARY 81 



1. Characteristics of southeastern Virginia 



beaches -. 81 



2. Coastal Engineering Implications 82 



3. Implications for the CERC Field Research Facility 



Studies 85 



LITERATURE CITED 87 



APPENDIX 



A AIR AND GROUND PHOTOS OF 18 PROFILE LINES . . ^ 93 



B PLOTS OF PROFILE VOLUME CHANGES WITH Tir4E 115 



C COMBINED PLOTS OF PROFILE VOLUME CHANGES WITH 



TIME 134 



D SUMMARY OF STORM DATA 149 



E BIRD CENSUS DATA 152 



F VIMS-CERC SURVEY FORMS 154 



G SURVEY DATA FOR 18 PROFILE LINES 157 



H WAVE OBSERVER HISTORY 177 



I SHORELINE AND CROSS-SECTION CHANGES 180 



TABLES 



1 Beach profile history 12 



2 Description of study area 19 



3 Study area tidal ranges 36 



4 Occurrence of storms in Virginia Beach area for the months of 



November to March 46 



5 Gross quantities of material placed on Virginia Beach, 



fiscal years 1952 to 1976 50 



5 



