SUBJECT INDEX 



Absecon Inlet, New Jersey, 4-91, 4-157 

 Active earth force, 7-256, 7-257, 7-259, 7-260 

 Adak Island, Alaska, 3-118 

 Adjustable groin, 1-24, 5-53 

 Adjusted shoreline (see Beach alinement) 

 Airy, 2-2 

 Wave Theory, 2-2, 2-4, 2-25, 2-31 thru 2-33, 2-44, 

 2-46, 2-54, 7-103 thru 7-106, 7-111 thru 7-117, 

 7-135, 7-137, 7-139, 7-140, 7-142, 7-151 thru 

 7-155 

 Akmon, 7-216 



Algae, coralline (see Coralline algae) 

 Alongshore transport (see Longshore transport) 

 American beach grass, 6-44 thru 6-50, 6-52, 6-53 

 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 6-92 

 Anaheim Bay, California, 4-91, 5-9 

 Analysis, sediment (see Sediment analysis) 

 Anchorage, Alaska, 1-6, 3-91 

 Anemometer, 3-30, 3-33, 3-52 

 Angle of 



internal friction (see Internal friction angle) 

 wall friction, 7-257, 7-260 

 wave approach, 2-90, 2-91, 2-99, 2-116, 5-35, 

 7-198, 7-199, 7-201, 7-210 

 Angular frequency (see Wave angular frequency) 

 Annapolis, Maryland, 3-116, 3-124 

 Antinode, 2-113, 2-114, 3-98, 3-99 

 Apalachicola, Florida, 3-92 

 Aransas Pass, Texas, 4-167 

 Armor 



stone, 1-23, 2-119, 6-83, 7-210, 7-236, 7-243, 



7-247, 7-249, 7-251 thru 7-253 

 units (see also Articulated armor unit revetment; 

 Concrete armor units; Precast concrete armor 

 units; Ouarrystone armor units; Rubble-mound 

 structure; Stone armor units; Stability 

 coefficient), 2-119, 2-121, 2-122, 6-88, 7-3, 

 7-4, 7-202 thru 7-225, 7-229, 7-231, 7-233 

 thru 7-240, 7-242, 7-243, 7-249, 8-50, 8-51, 

 8-59, 8-60, 8-73 

 aknon (see Akmon) 



cube, modified (see Modified cube) 

 dolos (see Dolos) 

 hexapod (see Hexapod) 

 hollow 



square (see Hollow square) 

 tetrahedron (see Hollow tetrahedron) 

 interlocking blocks (see Interlocking concrete 



block) 

 porosity (see Porosity) 

 quadripod (see Ouadripod) 

 stabi t (see Stabi t) 

 svee block (see Svee block) 

 tetrapod (see Tetrapod) 

 toskane (see Toskane) 

 tribar (see Tribar) 

 types, 7-216 

 weight, 7-206, 7-240, 7-249, 7-250, 8-48, 8-50, 

 8-62, 8-67 thru 8-69, 8-71 

 Articulated armor unit revetment, 6-6 

 Artificial 



beach nourishment (see also Protective beach), 

 1-19, 4-76, 5-6, 5-7, 5-24, 5-28, 5-34, 5-55, 

 5-56, 6-16 

 tracers (see also Flourescent tracers; Radioactive 

 tracers) , 4-145 

 Asbury Park, New Jersey, 4-91, 6-83 

 Asphalt, 6-76, 6-83, 6-84, 7-139, 7-249 



groin, 6-83 

 Assateague, Virginia, 1-17, 4-37 

 Astoria, Oregon, 3-118 



Astronomical tides, 3-88, 3-89, 3-92, 3-104, 3-111, 



3-119, 3-121, 3-123, 7-2, 7-81, 8-7, 8-10 thru 



8-12, 8-46 

 Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana, 3-92 

 Atlantic 



Beach, North Carolina, 4-91 



City, New Jersey, 1-3, 1-9, 3-116, 3-124, 3-125, 

 4-11, 4-16, 4-31 thru 4-33, 4-37, 4-41, 4-77 

 thru 4-79, 4-180, 6-25 



Intercoastal Waterway, 6-28 

 Atmospheric pressure (see also Central pressure 



index), 1-7, 2-21, 3-34, 3-35, 3-89. 3-96, 3-107, 



3-110, 3-111, 3-121 

 Attu Island, Alaska, 3-118 

 Avalon, New Jersey, 6-9 



B - 



Backfill, 7-256, 7-257, 7-260, 8-81 

 Backshore, 1-2, 1-13, 1-17, 1-20, 1-23, 3-105, 3-109, 

 4-62, 4-76, 4-83, 4-108, 4-115, 4-120, 4-127, 

 4-128, 5-20, 6-31, 6-37, 7-233 

 protection, 3-105, 5-19 

 Bakers Haulover Inlet, Florida, 6-32 

 Bal Harbor, Florida, 6-32 

 Baltimore, Maryland, 3-116, 3-124, 3-125 

 Bar (see also Inner bar; Longshore bar; Offshore bar; 

 Outer bar; Spits; Swash bar), 1-8, 1-13 thru 1-15, 

 1-17, 2-124, 2-125, 4-80, 4-82, 4-83, 4-149 thru 

 4-151, 5-6, 6-75, 7-14, A-49 

 Harbor, Maine, 3-116, 3-124, 3-125 

 Barnegat 



Inlet, New Jersey, 4-91, 4-170, 6-25 

 Light, New Jersey, 4-77, 4-79 

 Barrier (see also Littoral barrier), 1-6, 1-22, 2-75, 

 2-109, 2-112 thru 2-114, 3-122, 4-57, 4-136, 4-147, 

 4-154, 5-28, 5-31, 6-1, 6-72, 7-44, 7-232, 7-254 

 beach, 1-8, 3-110, 4-24, 4-165, 5-56, 6-36 

 inlet effect on (see Inlet effect on barrier 

 beaches) 

 island, 1-8, 1-9, 1-13, 1-16, 1-17, 3-123, 4-1, 4-3, 

 4-5, 4-6, 4-22, 4-24, 4-45, 4-108 thru 4-110, 

 4-112, 4-113, 4-115, 4-119, 4-120, 4-133, 4-140 

 thru 4-142, 4-167, 4-177, 6-32 

 deflation plain (see Deflation plain) 

 Barrow, Alaska, 4-45 



Bathymetry (see also Nearshore bathymetry; Offshore 

 bathymetry; Shelf bathymetry), 2-60, 2-62, 2-122. 

 3-24, 3-123, 4-75, 4-147, 4-151, 4-174, 5-1, 7-13. 

 7-14. 7-17. 7-202, 8-1 

 Battery, New York, 3-116, 3-124. 3-125. 4-77 

 Bay County. Florida, 4-77, 4-79 

 Bayou Riguad, 3-117 



Beach (see also Backshore; Berm; Deflation plain; 

 Dune; Feeder beach; Pocket beach; Protective 

 beach), 1-2 thru 1-4, 1-7, 1-9, 1-10, 1-12, 

 1-13, 1-19, 2-1. 2-112. 2-118. 3-100, 3-101, 

 4-108, 5-6, 5-30. 5-55, 5-56. 6-37. A-47, A-49 

 alinement, 1-14, 1-17, 5-1, 5-40 thru 5-46, 5-48 



thru 5-50, 5-52, 5-54, 5-73, 8-32, 8-86 

 changes, 4-6, 4-23, 4-30, 4-45. 4-46, 4-77, 4-78. 

 4-108. 4-110, 4-126, 4-143, 6-26, 6-27 

 long-term, 4-6, 5-5 

 short-term, 4-6, 5-4 

 characteristics, 1-7, 4-79 

 composition. 2-1 



erosion. 1-10. 1-13. 1-16. 1-23, 3-110, 4-76, 

 4-80, 4-83, 4-85, 4-89, 4-110, 4-114, 4-117, 

 4-129, 4-134. 4-148, 5-6, 6-16, 6-54, 6-61, 

 6-72 

 rate, 4-110, 4-130 



D-1 



