Accession Number:

ADA167701

Title:

Coast of California Storm and Tidal Waves Study. Geomorphology Framework Report Monterey Bay,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT LOS ANGELES CA COASTAL RESOURCES BRANCH

Personal Author(s):

• Dingler,J. R.
• Laband,B. L.
• Anima,R. J.

Report Date:

1985-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

161.0

Abstract:

This report summarizes the published data relating to the littoral zone of Monterey Bay, California. An interpretation of morphodynamic processes of the area is developed using available information on the distribution, composition, and movement of littoral zone sediments tecture, composition, and supply rate of sediments from the three adjacent drainage basins the composition, distribution and retreat rates of the coastal cliffs and dunes and the geologic and tectonic history of the region. Because there is insufficient data to make a quantitative model, the report concludes with recommendations for future scientific studies that would lead to a more quantitative model that interested agencies could effectively use when dealing with coastal erosion problems within the bay.

Descriptors:

• *OCEAN WAVES
• *EROSION
• *GEOMORPHOLOGY
• *SEDIMENTS
• *BAYS
• COASTAL REGIONS
• MODELS
• DISTRIBUTION
• RATES
• GEOLOGY
• SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
• DRAINAGE
• HISTORY
• STORMS
• CALIFORNIA
• SUPPLIES
• TEXTURE
• LITTORAL ZONES
• BASINS(GEOGRAPHIC)
• WAVES
• GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
• TECTONICS
• BEACH EROSION
• TIDES
• DUNES
• CLIFFS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE