PREFACE 



This is a report of research started in November 1969 with support 

 from the U.S. Army, Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) through 

 Contract DACW72-70-C-0015, and continued through Contract DACW72-72-C-0012. 

 This effort has also received support from the North Carolina Sea Grant 

 Program, Office of Sea Grant, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric 

 Administration, Department of Commerce, Grant No. GH-78, GH-103, 2-35178 

 and 04-3-158-40; North Carolina Coastal Research Program; and the North 

 Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. 



The authors are W.W. Woodhouse, Jr., Professor of Soil Science, 

 E.D. Seneca, Associate Professor of Botany and Soil Science, and 

 S.W. Broome, Research Associate in Soil Science, North Carolina State 

 University, Raleigh, North Carolina. 



The authors express appreciation to personnel of the Cape Hatteras 

 and Cape Lookout National Seashores, National Park Service; the U.S. Army 

 Engineer District, Wilmington; and the North Carolina Highway Commission 

 for their cooperation; and to A.W. Cooper for his advice and encourage- 

 ment in the initiation of these studies. Special thanks are due D.M. Bryan. 

 C.L. Campbell, Jr.,. and U.O. Highfill for their assistance in all phases 

 of the field work; and to R.P. Savage, Chief, Research Division, CERC, 

 for his advice and encouragement throughout the course of these studies. 



NOTE: 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. 



'JAMES L. TRAYERf 

 Colonel, Corps &£ Engineers 

 Commander and Director 



