Discussion of: Pilkey, O.H., 1990. A time to look back at beach replenishment (editorial), Journal of Coastal Research, 6(1), iii-vii. And, Leonard, L.; Clayton, T., and Pilkey, O.H., 1990

Authors

  • James R. Houston

Keywords:

Artificial beach renourishment, beach erosion, beach volume, beach replenishment, beachfill, coastal erosion, equilibrium beach, shoreline retreat

Abstract

This paper discusses the editorial PILKEY (1990) and the paper LEONARD et al. (1990), on which the broad-reaching conclusions of PILKEY (1990) are based. The discussion shows that LEONARD et al. (1990) (in turn based on LEONARD, 1988) is extremely flawed and cannot be used to reach valid conclusions about beachfill performance.


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Published

1990-10-29

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 4 (1990): Journal of Coastal Research

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Discussion and Reply

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