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The Health And Short-Term Change Of Two Coral Patch Reefs, Fernandez Bay, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, H. Allen Curran, Durelle P. Smith, Lucy Chambers Meigs, Ann E. Pufall, Mary Lisa Greer
The Health And Short-Term Change Of Two Coral Patch Reefs, Fernandez Bay, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, H. Allen Curran, Durelle P. Smith, Lucy Chambers Meigs, Ann E. Pufall, Mary Lisa Greer
Geosciences: Faculty Publications
Two coral patch reefs on the leeward shelf of San Salvador Island have been studied with surveys in 1983-84 and 1992 to monitor their ecological health and short-term change. Snapshot Reef covers an area of 50 x 50m and is dominated by Montastrea annularis. The reef was mapped in detail to show the position and size of its coral heads and 64 of these heads were studied in detail. To describe the reef, measurements were made of the height of each head, percent live coral coverage, the dominant coral species, total number of coral species present, M. annularis morphotypes presents, …
Long-Term, Seasonal, And Event-Driven Sediment Movement On East Beach, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Andrew L. Brill, H. Allen Curran, William T. Fox
Long-Term, Seasonal, And Event-Driven Sediment Movement On East Beach, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Andrew L. Brill, H. Allen Curran, William T. Fox
Geosciences: Faculty Publications
East Beach is a modern, medium-energy shoreline located on the northeast coast of San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Stake and horizon profiles were made at 9 sites along a 1-km section of the beach in June, 1990, and every six months thereafter through January,1992. These observations appear to confirm that East Beach is a prograding shoreline, building onto the eastern shelf of the island. Seasonally corrected volume calculations indicate that between June, 1990 and January, 1992 approximately 14,000 m3 of new sand per kilometer were added to the East Beach system, with most of the sand likely derived from the …
Sedimentology And Ichnology Of Holocene Dune And Backshore Deposits, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas, Brian White, H. Allen Curran
Sedimentology And Ichnology Of Holocene Dune And Backshore Deposits, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas, Brian White, H. Allen Curran
Geosciences: Faculty Publications
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Seasonal Sediment Migration And Sediment Dynamics On Sandy Point Beach, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Nicholas T. Loizeaux, H. Allen Curran, William T. Fox
Seasonal Sediment Migration And Sediment Dynamics On Sandy Point Beach, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Nicholas T. Loizeaux, H. Allen Curran, William T. Fox
Geosciences: Faculty Publications
A study of the dynamics of Sandy Point Beach along the southwestern corner of San Salvador Island over an eighteen-month period, beginning in June, 1990, has revealed that two seasonal phases of sediment transport are operative. Based primarily on analyses of the grain-size parameters of sand samples collected from the beach in June, 1990, a northerly direction of sediment transport was detected. This is herein termed the Spring/Summer phase of transport, and it results from the energy of waves generated by the prevailing easterly trade winds. Continued profiling of the beach in December, 1990, and January, 1992, revealed that a …