Natural Sand Bypassing and Response of Ebb Shoal to Jetty Rehabilitation, Ocean City Inlet, Maryland, USA

Buttolph A, Grosskopf W, Bass G, Kraus N. 2006. Natural Sand Bypassing and Response of Ebb Shoal to Jetty Rehabilitation, Ocean City Inlet, Maryland, USA. National Park Service

Numerical modeling of tide and wave-driven circulation and sediment transport reproduces the morphologic processes that occur at Ocean City Inlet, and early modeling identified the sand tongue as a potential beach fill borrow site for mechanical bypassing to Assateague Island, as removal of sand there would not directly interrupt the natural bypassing pathway.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Buttolph, Adele Militello; Grosskopf, William G; Bass, Gregory P; Kraus, Nicholas C
Date of Issue
2006
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
ASIS
Keywords
Bypassing, Coastal Inlet, Dredging, Ebb Shoal, jetty, M2D, numerical modeling, Ocean City Inlet, Sand Tongue, Sediment Transport

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