CONTENTS — Continued 



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 4-14 Example estimate of gross longshore transport rate for shore 



of inland sea 4-107 



4-15 Classification of elements in the littoral zone sediment 



budge t 4-114 



4-16 Sand budget of the littoral zone 4-128 



FIGURES 



4-1 Typical profile changes with time, Westhampton Beach, New York 4-2 



4-2 Three types of shoreline 4-3 



4-3 Shoreline erosion near Shipbottom, New Jersey 4-7 



4-4 Stable shoreline near Peahala , New Jersey 4-8 



4-5 Shoreline accretion and erosion near Beach Haven, New Jersey 4-9 



4-6 Fluctuations in location of mean sea level shoreline on seven 



east coast beaches 4-1 1 



4-7 Grain-size scales (soil classification) 4-13 



4-8 Example size distribution 4-16 



4-9 Fall velocity versus buoyancy index for an isolated sphere or 



common natural grain 4-20 



4-10 Approximate value of power n relating to equation (4-9) for 

 fall velocity in concentrated suspensions of spheres and 

 common grains 4-20 



4-11 Sand size distribution along the U. S. Atlantic coast 4-25 



4-12 Annual variation in storm occurrence for Atlantic City, New 



Jersey, based on hindcast wave data 4-32 



4-13 Seasonal variation in storm occurrence for Atlantic City, New 



Jersey, based on hindcast wave data 4-33 



4-14 Annual distribution of the 761 recorded Atlantic tropical 



cyclones reaching at least tropical storm strength and the 



448 reaching hurricane strength, 1886 through 1977 4-34 



4-15 Number of tropical storms and hurricanes and hurricanes alone 



observed on each day. May 1-December 30, 1886 through 1977 4-34 



