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[email protected] Richard A. Davis Jr. University of South Florida Nicholas C. Kraus U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gly_facpub Part of the Geology Commons Scholar Commons Citation Wang, Ping; Davis, Richard A. Jr.; and Kraus, Nicholas C., "Cross-Shore Distribution of Sediment Texture Under Breaking Waves Along Low-Wave-Energy Coasts" (1998). Geology Faculty Publications. 177. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gly_facpub/177 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Geology at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Geology Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. CROSS-SHORE DISTRIBUTION OF SEDIMENT TEXTURE UNDER BREAKING WAVES ALONG LOW-WAVE-ENERGY COASTS PING WANG1, RICHARD A. DAVIS, JR.2, AND NICHOLAS C. KRAUS3 1 Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, U.S.A. 2 Department of Geology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, U.S.A. 3 U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180, U.S.A. ABSTRACT: Sediment samples were collected with streamer traps at tative average values, and the amount of sediment collected, usually less different elevations in the water column and across the surf zone. than 1 g, may not be suf®cient to obtain a reliable grain-size distribution Beach pro®les and breaking waves were measured together with the for poorly sorted sediment.