CONTENTS 

 TABLES — Continued 



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6 Dredging record at Lockwoods Folly Inlet during BEP study 38 



7 North Carolina coastal storms, 1970-74 39 



8 Visual wave observations of erosion and accretion events at 



Holden Beach during BEP study 42 



FIGURES 



1 Profile line locations along Holden Beach, Brunswick County, 



North Carolina 10 



2 Aerial photo mosaic of Holden Beach, August 1971 12 



3 Changes in Lockwoods Folly Inlet, 1959-72 15 



4 Aerial photos of Lockwoods Folly Inlet, 1938-72 16 



5 Aerial photos of Shallotte Inlet, 1938-72 17 



6 Comparison of wind speed and direction observed during BEP study 



with the long-term average at Wilmington, North Carolina 19 



7 Recording periods of CERC wave gage on Holden Beach fishing pier 



near profile line 10 20 



8 Monthly average significant wave height and period 



20 



9 Monthly average significant wave heights measured at Wrightsville 



Beach and Holden Beach, North Carolina, and off Savannah, Georgia . . 21 



10 Frequency distribution of profile line surveys by year and season. . . 26 



11 Frequency distribution of profile line surveys by month and season . . 26 



12 Definition of MSL shoreline change and above MSL unit volume change. . 27 



13 Cumulative change in high water line position east of profile line 4 . 30 



14 Comparison of cumulative change in position of high water line and 



dune line west of profile line 4 from aerial photo analysis 30 



15 Displacement distance and standard deviation of annual mean, MSL 



intercept from long-term mean (Nov. 1970-Dec. 1974), MSL intercept 



at each profile line (1971-74) 35 



16 Seasonal changes in above MSL volume averaged over the central reach . 36 



17 Seasonal trend in selected beach profiles 3' 



