Sediment Characterization along Texas Gulf Beaches

Summary

The intent of the project is to establish representative values for sediment grain size, percent fines, sorting index, and other parameters to help establish guidelines for selecting borrow sources for beach nourishment projects. This characterization will support development of two regional permits being pursued by GLO from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for beach nourishment projects along the Texas coast. The technical report documents a sediment characterization of beaches along the Texas Gulf coast that are being considered by the Texas General Land Office (GLO) for future beach nourishment projects.  The project area extends along the Texas Gulf shoreline from Bolivar Peninsula to Boca Chica Peninsula.

Basics

Coast Wide
N/A
General Land Office
$143,871

Classification

  • CMP 309
Planning Study Data Collection

Timeline

completed
2023

Funding Sources

Source 1

220-004-014-D576
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Primary
Federal
$143,871
26
2022

Contacts

Responsibility
General Land Office
Contact
Coastal Resources 800.998.4456 512.475.0773