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documented during the study and their effects are reported. Measured storm 

 changes were highly variable. For a given storm, adjacent profiles often 

 indicated opposite changes, with one accreting and one eroding. This is 

 attributed to structural effects, as well as wave refraction effects near 

 Absecon Inlet. Storm changes of the MSL shoreline position were often oppo- 

 site in sign from beach volume changes. Frequently, the shoreline change 

 indicated accretion, while the beach volume actually suffered a net loss. 

 The largest beach changes measured resulted from the storm of 23 September 

 1964, which eroded an average of about 23 cubic meters per meter of beach face 

 above MSL, and the storms of 16 September 1967 and 25 February 1968, which 

 caused an average shoreline recession of 5.9 meters. Beach changes were found 

 to be seasonal, with the greatest volume of sand above MSL from May to 

 October. The data collected provide no information on the profile changes 

 occurring below MSL. 



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