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Accession Number:
AD0753623
Title:
Sand Movement along Carmel River State Beach, Carmel, California.
Corporate Author:
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF
Report Date:
1972-09-01
Abstract:
The direction of sand movement along the Carmel River State Beach was qualitatively determined by diving observations, a bathymetric survey, wave refraction diagrams and a sediment size analysis of 18 samples. The primary source of sediments for the beach appears to be the Carmel River which flows only seasonally. Sedimentary material is introduced into the bay after winter precipitation provides a sufficient amount of run-off to warrant the opening of the river mouth by bulldozer. The fine sedimentary material is lost offshore and the coarser material is either redeposited on the beach or is carried south with the littoral drift and deposited at a nodal point in the sand transport pattern. This node is located on the northern edge of the head of the Carmel Submarine Canyon. Author
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis,
Pages:
0072
File Size:
0.00MB
