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.