Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | CoastSnap - Town Neck West 2020-2023 @WHOI | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
East- and west-facing CoastSnap cradles are set up at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich. Town Neck Beach has been deprived of material from longshore sediment transport by nearby jetties for over 100 years. This lack of sand input, combined with rising sea levels, has led to the relatively rapid erosion of this section of shoreline. Shoreline protection for homes needs constant vigilance and without active nourishment the barrier beach would not be able to sustain its current location. By documenting the mobilization of the placed sediment, it is possible to show that not all sand eroded from the artificial dune is “lost”. Instead, it is redistributed along the beach and intertidal zone, creating a system more resilient to future coastal storms. See more at https://seagrant.whoi.edu/coastsnap
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
East- and west-facing CoastSnap cradles are set up at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich. Town Neck Beach has been deprived of material from longshore sediment transport by nearby jetties for over 100 years. This lack of sand input, combined with rising sea levels, has led to the relatively rapid erosion of this section of shoreline. Shoreline protection for homes needs constant vigilance and without active nourishment the barrier beach would not be able to sustain its current location. By documenting the mobilization of the placed sediment, it is possible to show that not all sand eroded from the artificial dune is “lost”. Instead, it is redistributed along the beach and intertidal zone, creating a system more resilient to future coastal storms. See more at https://seagrant.whoi.edu/coastsnap
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
