Study of erosion along Homer spit and vicinity, Kachemak Bay, Alaska

This is a progress report on the Homer Spit Beach Erosion Study. Information is presented regarding the rapid acceleration of the erosion processes due to the subsidence of the Homer Spit during the 27 March 1964 earthquake. The effect on existing groins both before and after the quake are discussed. Immediately after the quake, emergency...

Erosion and accretion along Clatsop Spit

The study area encompasses 18 miles of Oregon coastline known as Clatsop Beach, which lies between the Columbia River south jetty and Tillamook Head, south of Seaside, Oregon. The physical changes (including man-made changes such as jetty construction which was initiated in 1885) that have occurred in the area since 1792 are described and...