| Abstract: | This paper compares shoreline and beach morphology changes and responses to storms from 1985 to 1988 along sections of a rapidly eroding coast at the Bayou Lafourche headland, Louisiana. A beach consisting of a cement-filled bag seawall and nourishment was compared with natural beaches to the west and east of the project. Local patterns of beach response could be attributed to several recent processes and historical conditions. Hurricane Gilbert, which made landfall in Mexico, caused about 70% of the sediment loss on both the artificially-stablized and the natural shorelines over this three-year period. |
| Genre: | Conference Paper |
| ProdID: | 70015997 |
| Citation Author: | Mossa, Joann; Nakashima, Lindsay, D. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | |
| Citation Datum: | |
| Citation Day: | |
| Citation Edition: | |
| Citation Editor: | |
| Citation End Page: | 3737 |
| Citation Issue: | pt4 |
| Citation Keywords: | |
| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Coastal Zone: Proceedings of the Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management |
| Citation LatN: | |
| Citation LatS: | |
| Citation LonE: | |
| Citation LonW: | |
| Citation Month: | |
| Citation No Pagination: | |
| Citation Number Of Pages: | 15 |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | |
| Citation Projection: | |
| Citation Public Comments: | |
| Citation Publisher: | Publ by ASCE |
| Citation Series: | |
| Citation Series Code: | |
| Citation Series Number: | |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Changes along a seawall and natural beaches: Fourchon, LA; 1989; Conference Paper; Coastal Zone: Proceedings of the Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management; Mossa, Joann; Nakashima, Lindsay, D. |
| Citation Start Page: | 3723 |
| Citation Volume: | 4 |
| Citation Year: | 1989 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Changes along a seawall and natural beaches: Fourchon, LA; 1989; Conference Paper; Coastal Zone: Proceedings of the Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management; Mossa, Joann; Nakashima, Lindsay, D. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1989 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Publ by ASCE |
