Grant Project

Summary

The Texas General Land Office (GLO) is developing a web site that provides access to a centralized coastal sediment database (TxSed). The database will include available Texas coastal sediment data the GLO has access to. The goal of TexSed is to facilitate the search for information about sediments for beach nourishment, dune restoration, shoreline protection, habitat restoration (marshes, wetlands, and sea grasses) and barrier island enhancement projects, etc. The centralized sediment database will be populated with the available geological, geotechnical, and geophysical data of coastal sediments compiled and/or created by various agencies and for GLO coastal projects. TexSed will be available to anyone with an interest in sediment data.  Additionally, this project will fund sediment studies, filling in data gaps in TxSed.