Contents 



Preface ix 



Conversion Factors, Non-SI to SI Units of Measurements x 



1 - Introduction 1 



2 - Geologic Setting and Morphologic Development 5 



Geologic Setting 5 



Barrier Island Migration and Sea Level Change 6 



Sediment Grain Size Characteristics 9 



Shinnecock Inlet History 11 



Construction and Project Work 12 



Flood Shoal Development 12 



Ebb Shoal Development and Inlet Morphology 12 



1933 Morphology 12 



1949 Morphology 13 



1994 Morphology 13 



1996 Morphology 14 



Erosion west of the inlet 14 



Volumetric analysis, 1933 - 1949 15 



Volumetric analysis, 1933 - 1996 16 



Summary .17 



3 - Physical and Coastal Processes 32 



Climate 32 



Tides 32 



Currents 32 



Winds 34 



Waves 35 



