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Reports
by Richard L. Watson, Ph.D., PG
Some of these documents are
very large pdf files so be patient.
Protect
the Natural Dune Seawall and Prevent Hurricane Destruction at Port
Aransas, Texas
Coastal
Law and the
Geology of a Changing Shoreline,
March 2006, updated to include section on poor beach and dune
management practices
Shoaling
Analysis, Leggett Light Channel
Origin
of Shell Beaches, Padre Island, Texas
Oso
Bay Tide and
Discharge Study,
prepared
for Archie
Walker Engineering and the City of Corpus Christi, TX
Long
and Short Term
Erosional history of Mustang and Padre Islands
with
Probably
Impact due to Oil Spill Clean-Up Procedures
Corpus
Christi Water
Exchange Pass 1972-1976
by
E.William
Behrens and Richard L. Watson (MSword)
Corpus
Christi Water
Exchange Pass 1972-1976
by E.
William
Behrens and Richard L. Watson (PDF)
POSTGLACIAL
SUBMERGENCE
SOUTH TEXAS COAST
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Reports and papers by others
Estuarine
Wetland Habitat Transition Induced by Relative Sea-Level Rise on
Mustang and North Padre Islands, Texas: Phase I
by
James C. Gibeaut, Eleonor Barraza, and Boris Radosavljevic
This paper shows sea level rise for
the next 90 years projected from past sea level rise as measured by the
Rockport and Galveston tide gauges.
It shows projected future maps of shorelines and marshes.
A Line in the Sand: Balancing the Texas
Open Beaches Act and Coastal Development
by
Eddie R. Fisher and Angela L Sunley,
Texas General Land Office
Hurricane Ike along
the upper Texas coast: An introduction
by
Nicholas C. Kraus and Lihwa Lin
in Shore
and Beach Vol. 77,
No. 2, 3-8
National assessment
of shoreline change: Part 1
Historical shoreline changes and
associated coastal land loss along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
by
Robert A. Morton, Tara L. Miller and Laura J. Moore
U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2004-1043
Click here to see a Packery Channel Monitoring update
presented to the City of Corpus Christi in April 2010.
The report was prepared by Diedre D. Williams of TAMUCC (Note: this is a pdf file of over 3mb)
Beaches
and
Dunes and the sand cycle (GLO)
The
Texas Coastal
Hazards Atlas, Volume 2 (Brazos River to Corpus Christi Bay)
Changes
in Gulf
Shoreline Position, Mustang and North Padre Islands, Texas, by
Gibeaut,
Hepner,
Waldinger, Andrews, Gutierrez, Tremblay, Smyth and Xu
Dune Protection and Improvement Manual for the Texas Gulf Coast (GLO)
Twenty
one
years of shoreline changes on Mustang Island Gulf Beach by Tony Amos
(this file is huge (13mb), download it)
Sand
Sources and Distribution Patterns for Gulf Coast Beaches:
Focus on Upper Texas Coast Sand Budget
J. William Soderman, Ph.D.
Presented at the Coastal Texas 2020
Technical Erosion
Conference
sponsored by the Texas General Land Office
September 16, 2005
Fabulous
Port Aransas by Miller
Harwood and W.A. Scrivener, 1949, A History of Port Aransas, Aransas
Pass, Copano, Corpus Christi and the surrounding area with emphasis on
the development of shipping and waterways. This is presented
in
two parts. Be patient, Part 1 is 8 megabytes and Part 2 is 14
megabytes.
Part 1
Part 2
