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Beach Renourishment

Beach Renourishment

Bird, Eric
Lewis, Nick

Paperback

Series: Springerbriefs in Earth Sciences

Environmental StudiesGeographyGeology

ISBN10: 331909727X
ISBN13: 9783319097275
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Oct 22 2014
Pages: 137
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Beach renourishment is the restoration of beaches that have been depleted. The text deals with the sources of beach sediment as well as the causes and typical responses to beach erosion, before discussion of beach renourishment.

Some of the first documented renourishment projects were undertaken in the early 1900's on the east coast of the United States. Several countries have since renourished beaches, particularly during the past few decades. Most projects have been in the United States, the United Kingdom, some European countries and Australia. These are reviewed and experience from various beach renourishment projects used for discussion of the following topics:

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