Beach Nourishment: Theory and Practice Book

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
2	Methods of and Dredging Equipment for Beach Nourishment	5
3	Tools for Later Use	21
4	Performance Measures and Prediction	71
5	Additional Cross-Shore Considerations	75
6	Additional Planform Considerations	117
7	Borrow Area Considerations	173
8	Costs and Benefits of Beach Nourishment	185
9	Environmental Effects of Beach Nourishment	195
10	Monitoring of Beach Nourishment Projects	219
11	Case Studies	231
App. A	Effects of Idealized Wave Refraction by Nourishment Projects	273
App. B	Decomposition of Total Transport into Background and Project Component	277
App. C	Nourished Profiles Represented by a Distribution of Sediment Sizes	283
App. D	Composite Sand Characteristics	295
App. E	Erosional Hot Spots	305
App. F	Nourishment Along a Seawalled Coast	327
App. G	Shoreline Changes Downdrift of a Littoral Barrier with Periodic Bypassing	343
App. H	Effects of Sand Size on Evolution of Nourished Beaches	349
App. I	Mechanics of Hydraulic Dredging	353
App. J	Storm Damage Reduction Potential by Beach Nourishment	371
App. K	Probability of Encountering Rock with Cores through a Borrow Pit	381
	Author Index	391
	Subject Index	395
	Location Index	399