Figure 22. Recreational pier at Virginia Beach, Va., a typical 

 fishing pier for the study area (note the shoreline bulge 

 created at the pier by a decrease in the rate of sediment 

 transport parallel to shore. The decrease probably occurred 

 because the pier piles created a partial obstruction to shore- 

 parallel flow and because the pier piles in the water dissipate 

 some of the wave energy) 



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