Title

Report to the Coastal Erosion Abatement Commission Commonwealth of Virginia concerning the Inventory of Sand Supplies in the Southern Chesapeake Bay

Authors

Robert J. Byrne, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow
Carl H. Hobbs III, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow
Robert A. Gammish, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Document Type

Report

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

9-1981

Abstract

In its report to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia (Senate Document No. 4, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1979), the Coastal Erosion Abatement Commission found that "there is a need to locate sources of sand supplies for rebuilding public beaches. Certain bottom areas in the lower Chesapeake Bay should be studied as possible sources of sand supply for public beaches." And toward that end, the Commission recommended that "The School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, study and analyze possible sources of sand supply in the lower Chesapeake Bay and vicinity for rebuilding public beaches.

This report describes the investigations undertaken during the first year of the appropriation, July 1980 through June 1981.

Keywords

Sand -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)

Recommended Citation

Byrne, R. J., Hobbs, C. H., & Gammish, R. A. (1981) Report to the Coastal Erosion Abatement Commission Commonwealth of Virginia concerning the Inventory of Sand Supplies in the Southern Chesapeake Bay. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/2300