Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
8-2016
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.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/V5599F
Keywords
Shoreline evolution, City of Chesapeake, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
Funding
This project was funded by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program through Grant #NA15NOS4190164 of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, or any of its subagencies.
Recommended Citation
Milligan, D. A., Wilcox, C., & Hardaway, C. (2016) Shoreline Evolution: City of Chesapeake, Virginia Elizabeth River Shorelines Data Summary Report. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V5599F
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