TABLES 



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1 Characteristics of groins at Sea Isle City, New Jersey 20 



2 Volumes dredged from Corson Inlet and Townsend Inlet, 1963-74. .... 25 



3 Hurricane and storm data, Atlantic City, 1933-62 27 



4 Profile line spacing at Ludlam Beach . 30 



5 Dates of aerial photo missions at Ludlam Beach 34 



6 Average shoreline and beach volume change for seven storms at 



Ludlam Beach ; 42 



7 Maximum beach loss data from Ludlam Island 45 



8 Horizontal and vertical 10-year excursion maximums for profile lines 



on Ludlam Beach 56 



FIGURES 



1 Ludlam Beach, New Jersey 12 



2 Photo mosaic of Ludlam Beach, 30 April 1973 14 



3 Ludlam Beach showing the barrier island backed by a 2- to 3-raile-wide 



tidal marsh 16 



4 Location of profile lines, Ludlam Beach, New Jersey 17 



5 Outcrop of consolidated peat at profile line 16 19 



6 History of groins constructed at Sea Isle City since 1949 20 



7 Groin in Sea Isle City, February 1974 22 



8 Flanked groin at south end of Strathmere, February 1974 '22 



9 Strathmere bulkhead, view toward profile line 3, February 1974 .... 23 



10 "Pigpen" bulkheads at south end of Strathmere, February 1974 23 



11 Sea Isle City bulkhead under construction just north of profile line 



14, April 1963 24 



12 Eroded beach south of bulkhead in Sea Isle City, February 1974 .... 24 



13 Mean monthly wind speed and direction at Atlantic City, New Jersey 



(1968-72) 26 



14 Maximum annual surge at Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1923-68 28 



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