Web Directory

» California: Beach Restoration and Erosion Control
   Provides information on a program to preserve and protect the California shoreline, minimize the economic losses caused by beach erosion and maintain urgently needed recreational beach areas.
   http://www.dbw.ca.gov/Environmental/Beach.aspx

» CfA Space Geodesy Group
   Information about the effects sea level change on coastal geomorphology from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
   http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/space_geodesy/SEALEVEL/

» Coastal and Nearshore Erosion
   USGS research in coastal and nearshore erosion - El Nino, Hurricane Andrew, North Carolina, Oregon. Understanding the geological environment; changing weather patterns and cycles, and their effects on shorelines.
   http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/hazards/erosion.html

» Coping with Beach Erosion
   Online pamphlet from UNESCO.
   http://www.unesco.org/csi/pub/source/ero1.htm

» OzCoasts Coastal Indicators: Beach Erosion
   Provides an information source and education tool for managers, students, researchers and policy makers with an interest in the coastal zone.
   http://www.ozcoasts.org.au/indicators/beach_erosion.jsp

» Scientific American: What Causes Beach Erosion?
   Is beach erosion a natural cycle or is it getting worse with rising sea levels?
   http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-causes-beach-erosion

» Sediment Transport of an Estuary
   Learn about coastal deposits, the formation of deltas, and beach dynamics.
   http://bellnetweb.brc.tamus.edu/sediment.htm

» The Why Files: Beach Erosion
   Provides scientific information on the causes of coastal erosion.
   http://whyfiles.org/091beach/

» Upham Beach Erosion Control
   Photographs and information on the coastal erosion on this beach in Florida.
   http://www.beachhunter.net/upham-tubes.htm