A Shore Erosion Policy for Maryland: Report of the Governor's Special Committee to Study Shore Erosion |
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accretion acres acres acres adjacent agency Anne Arundel County Assateague Island beach fill beach material berm body of water breaker bulkhead cause Chesapeake Bay coastal construction Corps of Engineers cost county commissioners datum Department of Geology deposited depth district council downdrift dune Eastern Shore Totals effective Erosion District feet flow groin system high water horizontal inlet jetty Kent Island land littoral drift littoral material littoral transport littoral zone Loss Loss low water Maryland measurements miles Millard Tawes Mines and Water natural Ocean City offshore permeable groins piles protective beach rip currents Roads Commission sand Sand fences scour seawall seaward Shore and Beach shore erosion control shore line shore protective shoreline Sinepuxent Bay slope stone storm stream structure surface tidal current tide Tidewater timber tion unit of shore United States Army updrift velocity vertical Walter Denny water level wave action wave attack wave uprush WAVE-The width Worcester County