Date of Award
Spring 2000
Document Type
Legacy Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Department
Marine Science
College
College of Science
First Advisor
Paul T. Gayes
Abstract/Description
This project was designed to look at the generation of sediment from hard ground on the continental shelf. Lithoclasts form from the erosion of hard grounds, and in previous work it has been shown that these lithoclasts can get transported all the way to the beach. It has been general practice in modeling beach profiles to predict that sediment gets transported off the beach to the shelf, and assume that there is a critical depth at which no more significant cross-shore sediment transport occurs. The fact that these clasts have been reaching the beach from well below this depth for Myrtle Beach suggests that these models may be inaccurate. This project then will be an effort to look at these lithoclasts as a possible source for generating sediment for the nearshore system.
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Recommended Citation
Pendleton, Elizabeth, "The Relative Contribution of Lithoclasts to the Sediment Budget on the Continental Shelf of Myrtle Beach" (2000). Honors Theses. 270.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/honors-theses/270