ICB FLOW PATTERNS ALONG THE DELAWARE COAST 



The following photographs, submitted by Mr. Joe S. Robinson, Assistant 

 Chief Engineer, Delaware State Highway Department, were taken on 7 February 

 1961. The drifting ice floes indicate some interesting flow patterns in 

 the nearshore zone of the Atlantic Ocean. The most striking eddy-type 

 formations were indicated just north of the jetties at Indian River Inlet 

 and in front of and adjacent to the groins at Rehoboth Beach, at which 

 locations some of the accompanying photographs were taken. 



No attempt has been made to analyze or define the flow patterns. The 

 photographs are being presented merely as an item of pictorial interest to 

 the readers of the Bulletin. 



In this area the predominant direction of littoral transport is north- 

 ward toward Cape Henlopen. A substantial quantity of beach fill was placed 

 on the shore north of Indian River Inlet in 1957, under a Federal-aid 

 project to protect the shores from the inlet to and including Rehoboth 

 Beach. 



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