Document Type
Poster
Abstract
The effects of beach renourishment were examined at two different beaches located in Brevard County, Florida: Avenue Band Ponce Landing. Two profiles were taken the summer of 2015 at Avenue B and one profile was taken at Ponce Landing. These profiles were then compared to previous years at the same beaches. Avenue B, a renourished beach, and Ponce Landing, a non-renourished beach, showed variability in the elevation, volume, and mean elevation difference between the years 2010-2015. The results indicated that beach renourishment has a significant difference in the mean elevation difference. Even though a renourished beach will have a net gain in sand after renourishment however, the erosion rate is higher than at a non-renourished beach. Avenue B was more susceptible to meteorological effects such as Hurricane Sandy, resulting in a greater net sand loss compared to Ponce Landing.
Publication Date
2016
Recommended Citation
Kilcullen, Tania, "Sands of Time: a Renourished Beach vs. a Non-renourished Beach" (2016). Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Student Publications. 41.
https://repository.fit.edu/oems_student/41
Comments
Faculty Advisors: G. Maul and C. Combs