No. 25 (1996), Conference Proceedings
No. 25 (1996)

INTERANNUAL SHORELINE VARIATIONS AT DUCK, NC, USA

Conference Proceedings
Published 1996-01-29
Nathaniel Plant
Ocean Admin. Bldg 104, Oregon State University
Rob Holman
Ocean Admin. Bldg 104, Oregon State University

Keywords

Duck
North Carolina
shoreline variation
interannual variation

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INTERANNUAL SHORELINE VARIATIONS AT DUCK, NC, USA. (1996). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(25). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v25.%p
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Abstract

We have analyzed 3 years of daily observations of the shoreline position along a 2 km segment of the coast at Duck, NC. Shoreline variations were found to be dominated by length scales of order 1 kilometer, with an amplitude that was modulated by a seasonal cycle, and a spatial structure that progressed alongshore at an average rate of 1 m/day. Surprisingly, the alongshore-averaged shoreline position did not display an annual cycle. Instead, the most pronounced alongshore-averaged shoreline changes occurred over several years. The dominance of large spatial and temporal scales suggests that short scale studies at Duck (typical duration < 1 month and lengths < 500 m) seriously under-resolve an important component of shoreline variability
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