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1. REPORT NUMBER 



MR 77-8 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. r\T\.E (and Subtitle) 



MONITORING OF FOREDUNES ON PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfsJ 



B.E. Dahl 

 J. P. Goen 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs) 



DACW72-75-C-0011 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Texas TechHe4r©fi€-a-l University 



Department of Range and Wildlife Management 



Lubbock, Texas 79409 



G31531 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-CE) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



July 1977 



'3. NUMBER OF PAGES 



6^ U'-P ,; 



15. SECURITY' CLASS, (ol thia report) 



UNCLASSIFIED 



14. MONITORING AGENCY NAME a AODRESSfi/ dlfterent from Controlling Ollice) 



16. DISTRIBUTION ST ATEMENT fo/ (his ReporfJ 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



17. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (at the abah 



itered in Block 20, It ditterent Irom Report) 



18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



19. KEY WORDS (Continue < 



Barrier island 

 Beach erosion 

 Beach grasses 



t necessary and identity by block number) 



Dune stabilization 



Foredunes 



Grass plantings 



Padre Island, Texas 

 Sand dunes 

 Shore protection 



20. ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse side It necessary and identify by block number) 



This study was conducted to continue monitoring foredunes formed from 

 grass plantings made during 1969 to 1973 on north Padre Island beaches. 

 This report summarizes data obtained from elevational profiles and vegetative 

 transects at four experimental foredune sections and one natural foredune 

 section during 1975 and 1976. The beach and foredunes, a 655-foot (200 

 meters) cross section, gained 5.7 cubic yards (4.4 cubic meters) per linear 

 foot of beach from August 1975 to August 1976. However, sand accumulation 

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