Shoreline of Puerto Rico

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Coastal Zone Management Program, Department of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1978 - Beach erosion - 45 pages

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Contents

REGIONAL GEOLOGY
2
COASTAL CLASSIFICATION
8
PUERTO RICO COASTAL TYPES
15

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alluvial plain Añasco Arecibo beach fig beach plain beach sands Beach Severe Erosion beach system beachrock berm Cabo Rojo calcium carbonate Calcium Carbonate Quartz carbonate grains Carbonate Quartz Feldspar Cibuco cliffs coastline coral reefs dominantly east eolianite eroded Fajardo feldspar Feldspar Igneous Rock foreshore fringing reef glacial gravel Guanajibo Guayanes Guayanilla Humacao igneous rock fragments igneous rock material Isla Cabras jetty kilometers land area Levittown limestone Loiza Loiza River longshore lunate bays Magnetite Magnetite Other Dark mangrove mangrove coast Mayaguez beach meters MINERAL COMPOSITION Legend Natural erosion north coast offshore outcrops Parguera Playa pocket beaches Puerto Rico Punta Maldonado Punta Salinas Punta Tuna Punta Vacia Talega Punta Ventana quartz quartz and feldspar Quartz Feldspar Igneous Quebrada Rio Culebrinas RIO GUAJATACA riprap Rock Fragments Magnetite rocky shoreline San Juan sand beach sand dunes sea level sedimentary sediments shelf shoal shore Talega tombolo velocity volcanic wave action wave erosion

Bibliographic information

TitleShoreline of Puerto Rico
ContributorsJack Morelock, Coastal Zone Management Program (P.R.)
PublisherCoastal Zone Management Program, Department of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1978
Length45 pages
  
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