Notes on Beach Erosion in the Charleston Harbor Area |
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aerial photograph mosaics affected areas Amaker AREA By H. D. Barrier islands beach areas beach erosion Bonner Manly BRANNER EARTH SCIENCES CAROLINA STATE DEVELOPMENT CHARLESTON HARBOR AREA configuration construction of groins current scour channels deposition of sand DEVELOPMENT BOARD COLUMBIA DEVELOPMENT BOARD DIVISION Dewees Inlet tidal DIVISION OF GEOLOGY dune area ebb tide current effect is probably Emergency structures ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY SERIES eroded erosion arrestment feet of beach feet seaward Folly Island Figure H. D. Wagener harbor jetties impounding of sediment inception of beach Inlet tidal current ISLAND MORRIS ISLAND Isle of Palms JAMES ISLAND jetties and dredging landward line of dunes loss of land McNair migrated mile north jetty northeastern NOTES ON BEACH offshore outbuilding Palms Figure principal ebb tide retreat riprap sand supply seawall serious erosion problem South Carolina southwest Stono strand Sullivan's Island tidal channel tidal current scour Traced from aerial wall Wando water moving wind-blown sand