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ITY (Corporate author) 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) 

 Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army 

 Washington, D. C. 20016 



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EXPERIMENTAL DUNES OF THE TEXAS COAST 



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Bard 0. Gage 



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6 REPORT DATE 



January 1970 



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33 



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Miscellaneous Paper 1-70 



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This document has been approved for public release and sale; its distribution 

 is unlimited. 



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13. ABSTRACT 



Storms and increased habitation on barrier islands have reduced the 

 height and width of dunes on the Texas Coast, thereby exposing it to the 

 surges and waves produced by tropical storms in the Gulf of Mexico. 



This publication reports on experimental means of creating and sta- 

 bilizing sand dunes to protect the coast. Four locations were selected; 

 the SW end of Galveston Island, Packery Channel, Newport Pass on North 

 Padre Island and Corpus Christi Pass. 



Low areas of the barrier islands were planted in various types of 

 vegetative cover in an attempt to establish dunes without the aid of sand 

 fences. Snow fencing was used to accumulate windblown sand and vegeta- 

 tive planting made to stabilize dunes. Junk car bodies were placed in 

 line parallel to beaches and used instead of more conventional means to 

 establish and stabilize dunes by trapping sand. 



Since snow fences are more effective and much cheaper, junk cars are 

 not recommended for building dunes. 



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