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USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

2014

Beach-nearshore nourishment

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Evolution And Equilibration Of Artificial Morphologic Perturbations In The Form Of Nearshore Berm Nourishments Along The Florida Gulf Coast, Katherine Emily Brutsché Jun 2014

Evolution And Equilibration Of Artificial Morphologic Perturbations In The Form Of Nearshore Berm Nourishments Along The Florida Gulf Coast, Katherine Emily Brutsché

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Inlets and channels are dredged often to maintain navigation safety. It is beneficial to reintroduce the dredged material back into the littoral system, in the form of beach or nearshore nourishments. Nourishment in the nearshore is becoming an increasingly utilized method, particularly for dredged material that contains more fine sediment than the native beach. This research examines the morphologic evolution of two different nearshore nourishments. A nearshore berm was constructed at Fort Myers Beach, Florida using mixed-sized sediment dredged from a nearby channel. The nearshore berm was placed in water depths between 1.2 and 2.4 m with the berm crest …