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February 1995 



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 Final report 



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Literature Review on the Geologic Aspects of Inner Shelf 

 Cross-Shore Sediment Transport 



AUTHOR(S) 



J. Bailey Sniith 



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U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station 

 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39 1 80-6 1 99 



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Miscellaneous Paper CERC-95-3 



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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

 Washington, DC 20314-1000 



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This report reviews literature concerning the geological aspects of inner continental shelf physical processes, sediment 

 transport, and stratigraphy. Although surf zone and nearshore processes and sediment transport have been extensively ad- 

 dressed in the literature, inner shelf processes and sediment transport, particularly in the cross-shelf direction, are not well un- 

 derstood. Inner continental shelf processes and related cross-shore sediment transport between the beach and the inner shelf 

 have important implications for engineering works such as beachfiU design and dredged material placement. 



Specific topics considered include: depth of closure and extent of sediment ti-ansport landward and seaward of this zone; 

 processes that cause cross-shore movement of sediment; amount and physical characteristics of beach material lost to the off- 

 shore; long-term fate of sediment that has moved offshore; relationship between depositional structures and flow processes; 

 the impact of episodic storms on sedimentation; and the importance of the geologic framework on the inner shelf. Discus- 

 sions pertain to the relationships between sediment transport on the inner shelf and the concepts of equilibrium profile, depth 

 of closure, and sedimentation and stratigraphic characteristics of the inner shelf 



SUBJECT TERMS 



Cross-shore 

 Depth of closure 

 Equilibrium profile 



Geologic framework 

 Inner shelf 

 Sediment transport 



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