PREFACE 



This report is the result of a cooperative effort of the National Ocean 

 Service (NOS) , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) , 

 US Department of Commerce; the Division of Research and Statistical Services 

 (DRSS) of the State of South Carolina; and the Coastal Engineering Research 

 Center (CERC) of the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) . 

 The study, based on a comparison of historic survey data contained in the NOS 

 archives, was funded jointly by Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers 

 (HQUSACE) , NOAA, and the State of South Carolina. All survey data reduction, 

 quality control, and publication of the shoreline maps were performed by NOS 

 with support from DRSS ; data analyses and report preparation were completed by 

 CERC under the Barrier Island Sedimentation Studies work unit of the Coastal 

 Program. Dr. C. Linwood Vincent was the Coastal Program Manager, and 

 Messrs. John H. Lockhart, Jr., and John G. Housley were HQUSACE Technical 

 Monitors . 



The report was prepared by Messrs. Fred J. Anders, David W. Reed, and 

 Edward P. Meisburger, CERC. Work was carried out under the general supervi- 

 sion of Dr. Steven A. Hughes, Chief, Coastal Processes Branch, Research 

 Division (RD) , CERC; Ms. Joan Pope, Chief, Coastal Structures and Evaluation 

 Branch, Engineering Development Division (EDD) ; Mr. H. Lee Butler, Chief, RD; 

 Mr. Thomas W. Richardson, Chief, EDD; Dr. James R. Houston, Chief, CERC, and 

 Mr. Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., Assistant Chief, CERC. Original programs to 

 analyze shoreline change data were developed by Mr. Steven Knowles , formerly 

 of CERC. The section describing map production procedures was modified from a 

 report by Everts et al . (1983) (see References at the end of the main text). 

 Numerous contributions by all members of the Coastal Geology Unit, CERC, 

 including review of the manuscript, are gratefully acknowledged. This report 

 was edited by Ms. Lee T. Byrne of the Information Technology Laboratory, WES. 



Shoreline change maps for Tybee Island, Georgia, to Cape Fear, North 

 Carolina, are included as a separate enclosure to this report. 



Commander and Director of WES during publication of this report was 

 COL Larry B. Fulton, EN. Technical Director was Dr. Robert W. Whalin. 



