Sentences with phrase «in beach nourishment»

Sand, gravel, and other mineral resources from the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) are often used in beach nourishment, wetlands restoration, and other coastal restoration projects to address erosion issues.

Not exact matches

Other larger scale techniques like beach nourishment may have better track records, at least in terms of slowing or delaying beach erosion, but are expensive enough as to warrant massive taxpayer expenditures.

Since the first project of its kind in the U.S. at Coney Island, N.Y., in 1922, coastal managers have used beach nourishment — essentially importing sand to replace sediment lost through storms or erosion — to restore damaged beaches, but it is laborious and expensive.

UF researchers used erosion data and post-storm nourishment strategies after hurricanes Ivan and Dennis and Tropical Storm Katrina struck the island, which is part of Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach.

But that loss can be cut to 60 percent with a 3 - foot beach and to 34 percent with 5 feet in sand nourishment, the study said.

Florida has allotted $ 37 million in state money for beach nourishment projects this fiscal year, which ends June 30, and has appropriated almost $ 105 million over the past five years, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Coastal flooding has been addressed in Europe with coastal defenses, such as sea walls and beach nourishment.

The aim of Joep van der Zanden's PhD research was to improve our understanding of the physical processes involved in sand transport in the surf and swash zones, in order to improve existing sand transport models and thus make beach nourishments more efficient.

One municipality away in Delray Beach, the newly renovated and enlarged Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens offers expanded opportunities for aesthetic nourishment.

And based upon late Quaternary stratigraphic data from peninsular Florida's shelf and coastal zone, historic wetland accumulation rates, and residence time of coastal construction projects (i.e. beach «nourishment», dune «restoration»), by mid-century the rate of predicted sea level rise will result in erosional shoreface retreat and ultimately overstep of both the natural and built environment.