ramp or bar in the surf zone that exists at the time of the storm. Immed- 

 iately after the storm, beach repair begins by a process that has been 

 documented in some detail (e.g., Hayes, 1971a; Davis et al., 1972; Davis and 

 Fox, 1972; Sonu and van Beek, 1971). Sand that has been deposited seaward of 

 the shoreline during the storm begins moving landward as a sandbar with a 

 gently sloping seaward face and a steeper landward face (Fig. 4-33). These 



.:i 



Summer Accretion 29 May-7 September 1967 



Station CBA, Crone Beocti 



Ipswicti, Massachusetts 



29 Moy 



MLW 



400 500 



(FROM HAYES, 1971) 



I 



_L 



20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 



m 



Figure 4-33. Slow accretion of ridge-and-runnel at Crane Beach, Massachusetts 



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