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Shoreline Evolution: City of Chesapeake, Virginia Elizabeth River Shorelines Data Summary Report
Milligan, Donna A. Wilcox, Christine Hardaway, C. Scott
Milligan, Donna A.
Wilcox, Christine
Hardaway, C. Scott
Abstract
City of Chesapeake is situated between the Cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth along several branches of the Elizabeth River (Figure 1). Because the City's shoreline is continually changing, determining where the shoreline was in the past, how far and how fast it is moving, and what factors drive shoreline change will help define where the shoreline will be going in the future. These rates and patterns of shore change along Chesapeake Bay’s estuarine shores will differ through time as winds, waves, tides and currents shape and modify coastlines by eroding, transporting and depositing sediments. The purpose of this report is to document how the shore zone of City of Chesapeake has evolved since 1937.
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2016-08-01
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Shoreline Studies Program
Shoreline Evolution
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Research and Technical Reports, Shoreline evolution, City of Chesapeake, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
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Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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https://doi.org/10.21220/V5599F