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1. REPORT NUMBER 



MR 81-3 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



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4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



BEACH CHANGES AT ATLANTIC CITY, 

 NEW JERSEY (1962-73) 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfsJ 



Dennis P. McCann 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs.) 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-CS) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



D31194 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



March 1981 



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Approved for public release, distribution unlimited. 



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18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



19. KEY WORDS (Cont, 



sary and Identity by block number) 



Atlantic City 

 Beach erosion 

 Beach Erosion Program 

 Beach nourishment 



Beach profiles 

 Beaches 



Shoreline changes 

 Shore structures 



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Repetitive surveys of the above MSL beach were made along seven profile 

 lines at Atlantic City, on the northeast end of Absecon Island, New Jersey, 

 from 1962 to 1973. Major beach-fill projects were accomplished in 1963 and 

 1970 which introduced approximately 428,000 and 635,000 cubic meters of fill 

 material, respectively, to the northernmost half of the study area; move- 

 ments of this material are discussed. Seventeen storms were reasonably well 



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