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Shore protection

Here are entered works on the prevention of beach erosion. Works on coast changes resulting from erosion or other causes are entered under Coast changes. Works on the erosion of beaches are entered under Beach erosion.

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• Coastal zone management
• Beach erosion

• Hydraulic engineering
• Reclamation of land

• Shore protection -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States)
• Shore protection -- Florida
• Shore protection -- Oregon
• Shore protection -- United States
• Shore protection -- Washington (State)
• Beach nourishment

• Beach erosion -- Prevention
• Coast protection
• Coast protective works

• Beach Nourishment and Protection (1995), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Catastrophic Coastal Storms: Hazard Mitigation and Development (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1989), by David R. Godschalk, David J. Brower, and Timothy Beatley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Living with Florida's Atlantic Beaches: Coastal Hazards from Amelia Island to Key West (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 2004), by David M. Bush, William J. Neal, Norma J. Longo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, Deborah F. Pilkey, Luciana S. Esteves, John D. Congleton, and Orrin H. Pilkey (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Pacific Northwest Coast: Living With the Shores of Oregon and Washington (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1997), by Paul D. Komar (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catastrophic Coastal Storms: Hazard Mitigation and Development (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1989), by David R. Godschalk, David J. Brower, and Timothy Beatley (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Pacific Northwest Coast: Living With the Shores of Oregon and Washington (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1997), by Paul D. Komar (page images at HathiTrust)

• Beach Nourishment and Protection (1995), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Bachelor of Science Theses on Water Resources Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (Archives Series Report #6; Berkeley: Water Resources Center, University of California, 1959), by Gerald J. Giefer and Cynthia Barnes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theses on Water Resources: Stanford University, California Institute of Technology, and University of Southern California (Archives Series Report #7; Berkeley: Water Resources Center, University of California, 1959), by Gerald J. Giefer, Lois Judd, and Cynthia Barnes (page images at HathiTrust)

• Yangtze! Yangtze!, by Dai Qing, ed. by Patricia Adams and John Thibodeau (HTML at probeinternational.org)

• Yangtze! Yangtze!, by Dai Qing, ed. by Patricia Adams and John Thibodeau (HTML at probeinternational.org)

• Yangtze! Yangtze!, by Dai Qing, ed. by Patricia Adams and John Thibodeau (HTML at probeinternational.org)

• Sedimentation Control to Reduce Maintenance Dredging of Navigational Facilities in Estuaries, by National Research Council Committee on Sedimentation Control to Reduce Maintenance Dredging in Estuaries (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Sedimentation Control to Reduce Maintenance Dredging of Navigational Facilities in Estuaries, by National Research Council Committee on Sedimentation Control to Reduce Maintenance Dredging in Estuaries (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Principles and Practice of Flow Meter Engineering (seventh edition; Foxboro, MA: The Foxboro Co., 1949), by L. K. Spink (page images at HathiTrust)

• Handbook of Steam Flow Measurement (second edition; Foxboro, MA: The Foxboro Co., 1936), by L. K. Spink (page images at HathiTrust)

• La Houille Blanche (in French) (full serial archives)

• Journal of the American Water Works Association (partial serial archives)
• Municipal and County Engineering (full serial archives)
• Municipal Engineering (1896-1918) (full serial archives)
• Paving and Municipal Engineering (full serial archives)

• Dredging Coastal Ports: An Assessment of the Issues (1985), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Safe Water from Every Tap: Improving Water Service to Small Communities (1997), by National Research Council Committee on Small Water Supply Systems (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Cutting Experiments Using a Rotating Water Jet in a Borehole (Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations #8095, 1975), by G. A. Savanick, Thomas E. Ricketts, Peter D. Lohn, and Jacob N. Frank (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stability, Failure, and Measurements of Boreholes and Other Circular Openings, by U. S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics (illustrated HTML with commentary at NAP)

• Oil Prospecting, Drilling and Extraction (c1914), by Forest John Swears Sur (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Oil Production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: The Technology and the Alaskan Oil Context (OTA-E-394; 1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)

• Oil and Gas Technologies for the Arctic and Deepwater (OTA-O-270; 1985), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dime Novels on Early Oil (Sierra Madre, CA: Stagecoach Press, 1951), by Jack D. Rittenhouse (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ocee McRae, Texas: A Novel of Passion, Petroleum and Politics in the Pecos River Valley (New York: Exposition Press, c1962), by Ira Lunan Ferguson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Oil in the Sea: Inputs, Fates, and Effects (1985), by National Research Council Ocean Studies Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Coastal Effects of Offshore Energy Systems: An Assessment of Oil and Gas Systems, Deepwater Ports, and Nuclear Powerplants Off the Coasts of New Jersey and Delaware (1976), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Coastal Effects of Offshore Energy Systems: An Assessment of Oil and Gas Systems, Deepwater Ports, and Nuclear Powerplants Off the Coasts of New Jersey and Delaware (1976), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling (2011), by United States National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (PDF with commentary at govinfo.gov)

• Alternatives for Inspecting Outer Continental Shelf Operations (1990), by National Research Council Marine Board (illustrated HTML with commentary at NAP)

• Ocean Margin Drilling: A Technical Memorandum (NTIS order #PB80-198302; 1980), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton

• Infrastructure Investment in Indonesia: A Focus on Ports (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2019), ed. by C. F. Duffield, Felix Kin Peng Hui, and Sally Wilson (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)

• Dredging Coastal Ports: An Assessment of the Issues (1985), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Marquette, Mackinac Island and the "Soo", by B. F. Childs (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)

• Contaminated Sediments in Ports and Waterways: Cleanup Strategies and Technologies, by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Contaminated Sediments in Ports and Waterways: Cleanup Strategies and Technologies, by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health (New York: O. Judd and Co., 1867), by George E. Waring (page images at Cornell)
• Farm Drainage: The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles (New York: C. M. Saxton, Barker and Co., 1860), by Henry F. French (page images at Cornell)

• Performance of a Hydraulic Classifier Designed to Incorporate Four Hitherto Neglected Principles (Washington: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1945), by William Hawes Coghill, Glen Dale Coe, and I. L. Feld (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California (New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1885), by Aug. J. Bowie (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Continuous Hydraulic Classification: Constitution of the Teeter Column Throughout Its Depth (Washington: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1946), by Glen Dale Coe, I. L. Feld, M. F. Williams, and William Hawes Coghill (page images at HathiTrust)

• An Assessment of Techniques for Removing Offshore Structures (1996), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Stream Reach Inventory and Channel Stability Evaluation: A Watershed Management Procedure (St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region, 1975), by United States Forest Service Northern Region (page images at HathiTrust)

• Cutting Experiments Using a Rotating Water Jet in a Borehole (Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations #8095, 1975), by G. A. Savanick, Thomas E. Ricketts, Peter D. Lohn, and Jacob N. Frank (page images at HathiTrust)

• Source Book of Community Water Systems: Commercial, Institutional, Residential, Industrial Applications (High Point, NC: Technical Proceedings, c1960), by Joseph S. Ameen (page images at HathiTrust)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.