Accession Number:

AD0730933

Title:

Selected Bibliography on the Engineering Characteristics of Coastal Inlets,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Castaner,Pedro F.

Report Date:

1971-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

29.0

Abstract:

Literature dealing with the engineering characteristics of coastal inlets was surveyed. A bibliography of 226 citations deal with the physical characteristics of coastal inlets, effects of waves, tides, flows, littoral drift and sediments, history of inlet improvement, based on theory and experience. Author

Descriptors:

• *COASTAL REGIONS
• CIVIL ENGINEERING
• STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
• RIVERS
• HYDRAULIC MODELS
• TIDES
• DRIFT
• DEPOSITS
• BEACHES
• EROSION
• SAND
• ESTUARIES
• SEDIMENTATION

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
• Civil Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE