CONTENTS 



Page 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II STUDY AREA 7 



III CHARACTERISTICS OF IMAGERY 9 



IV IMAGERY AVAILABLE FOR STUDY 11 



V GENERAL COMMENTS CONCERNING IMAGERY 11 



VI COASTAL FEATURES 15 



1. Sediment Plumes 15 



2. Density Mass 20 



3. Inlet Bars 23 



4. Capes 25 



VII MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES 25 



1. Carolina Beach 30 



2. Carolina Beach Inlet 36 



3. Masonboro Beach 36 



4. Masonboro Inlet 36 



5. Wrightsville Beach 38 



VIII SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ~ 38 



IX RECOMMENDATIONS 39 



LITERATURE CITED 40 



TABLES 



1 ERTS-1 multispectral scanner and aerial photography 



spectral relationships 10 



2 Light attenuation coefficients in clear water 10 



3 Dates and times of ERTS and underflight observations 11 



4 Tide data - Masonboro Inlet 18 



5 Significant wave heights and periods 19 



FIGURES 



1 Location map of study area 8 



