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MR 81-6 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



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4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



ANALYSIS OF COASTAL SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESSES 

 FROM WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH TO FORT FISHER, NORTH 

 CAROLINA 



TYPE OF REPORT ft PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



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7. AUTHORfs; 



T.C. Winton, I. 

 J.D. Crane 



Chou, G.M. Powell and 



CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs) 



DACW 72-79-C-0001 



PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Environmental Science and Engineering, Inc. 

 Gainesville, Florida 



F31232 



CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



REPORT DATE 



June 1981 



NUMBER OF PAGES 

 205 



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Approved for public release, distribution unlimited 



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Beach fills Sediment budgets 



Carolina Beach, North Carolina Wave refraction 



Longshore transport Wrightsville, North Carolina 



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A comprehensive engineering analysis of the coastal sediment transport 

 processes along a 42-kilometer segment of the North Carolina shoreline from 

 Wrightsville Beach to Fort Fisher is presented. Included in the analysis is 

 an interpretation of the littoral processes, longshore transport, and the 

 behavior and success of beach nourishment projects at Wrightsville Beach and 

 Carolina Beach, North Carolina. 



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