Changes in beach gravel lithology caused by anthropogenic activities along the southern coast of Lake Michigan, USA

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1249-1266

  Kilibarda, Zoran ^a   Graves, Nolan ^a   Dorton, Melissa ^a   Dorton, Richard ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic gravel; Beach nourishment; Beach shingle; Gravel; Lake Michigan

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; CARBONATION; GRAVEL; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; PIERS; RAILROADS; SEDIMENTS; SHORE PROTECTION; SLAGS; STEELMAKING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UNDERWATER FOUNDATIONS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL BLOOMS; BEACH NOURISHMENT; COASTAL STRUCTURES; CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS; GENERATING PLANTS; GREAT LAKES REGIONS; LAKE MICHIGAN;

BEACHES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH NOURISHMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE POLLUTION; LITHOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POWER GENERATION; URBANIZATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; LAKE MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOBIUS NATALENSIS;

EID: 84892680474     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2529-2     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Anderson RC (1957) Pebble and sand lithology of the major Wisconsin glacial lobes of the Central Lowland. GSA Bull 68: 1415-1450.
2. Baedke SJ, Thompson TA (2000) A 4, 700-year record of lake level and isostasy for Lake Michigan. J Great Lakes Res 26: 416-426.
3. Brown SE, Thompson TA (2005) Geologic map of glacial and post-glacial deposits, northern Lake County, Indiana (scale 1: 40, 000). Miscellaneous Map 71. Indiana Geological Survey, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
4. Camp JM, Francis CB (1920) The making, shaping, and treating of steel, 2nd edn. The Carnegie Steel Company, Pittsburgh.
5. Chrzastowski MJ (1990) Late Wisconsinan and Holocene littoral drift patterns in southern Lake Michigan. In: Barnes PW (ed) Coastal sedimentary processes in southern Lake Michigan: their influence on coastal erosion, U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-295, pp 3-18.
6. Chrzastowski MJ, Thompson TA (1992) Late Wisconsinan and Holocene coastal evolution of the southern shore of Lake Michigan. In Fletcher CH, Wehmiller JH (eds) Quaternary coasts of the United States: marine and lacustrine systems, SEPM Special Publication No. 48, pp 397-413.
7. Chrzastowski MJ, Thompson TA (1994) Late Wisconsinan and Holocene geologic history of the Illinois-Indiana Coast of Lake Michigan. J Great Lakes Res 20: 9-26.
8. Chrzastowski MJ, Thompson TA, Trask CB (1994) Coastal geomorphology and littoral cell divisions along the Illinois-Indiana Coast of Lake Michigan. J Great Lakes Res 20: 27-43.
9. Davis SE, Wood WL, Weishar LL (1981) Shoreline situation report. LaPorte County, Indiana. Great Lakes Coastal Research Laboratory, Purdue University.
10. Fisher TG, Taylor LD (2002) Sedimentary and stratigraphic evidence for subglacial flooding, south-central Michigan, USA. Quatern Int 90: 87-115.
11. Foster DS, Folger DW (1994) The geologic framework of southern Lake Michigan. J Great Lakes Res 20: 44-60.
12. Gutschick RC, Gonsiewski J (1976) Coastal geology of the Mt. Baldy area, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, south end of Lake Michigan. In: Wood WL (ed) Coastal and environmental geology of southeastern Lake Michigan, GSA Field Trip Guidebook, pp 40-90.
13. Graham DJ, Midgley NG (2000) Graphical representation of particle shape using triangular diagrams: an excel spreadsheet method. Earth Surf Proc Land 25: 1473-1477.
14. Gray HH, Ault CH, Keller SJ (1987) Bedrock geologic map of Indiana. Department of Natural Resources, Indiana Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Map 48, scale 1: 500, 000.
15. Hansel AK, Mickelson DM, Schneider AF, Larsen CE (1985) Late Wisconsinan and Holocene history of the Lake Michigan basin. In: Karrow PF, Calkin PE (eds) Quaternary evolution of the great lakes. Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 30, pp 39-54.
16. Hough JL (1935) The bottom deposits of southern Lake Michigan. J Sediment Petrol 5: 57-80.
17. Indiana Department of Natural Resources (1979) Shoreline erosion along the Indiana coast of Lake Michigan. Technical Report No. 307, Indianapolis, IN.
18. Kay RT, Greeman TK, Duwelius RF, King RB, Nazimek JE, Petrovski, DM (1997) Characterization of Fill Deposits in the Calumet Region of Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois, U. S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4126.
19. Krumbein WC (1933) Textural and lithological variations in Glacial Till. J Geol 41: 382-408.
20. Lineback JA, Gross DL, Meyer RP (1974) Glacial tills under Lake Michigan. Illinois State Geological Survey, Environmental Geology Notes, no. 69, Champaign, Illinois.
21. Moore P (1959) The Calumet Region: Indiana's last frontier. In: Riker D, Thornbrough G (eds) Indiana historical collections 39. Indiana Historical Bureau, East Chicago.
22. O'Brien MK, Valverde HR, Trembanis AC, Haddad TC (1999) Summary of beach nourishment activity along the Great Lakes' shoreline 1955-1996. J Coastal Res 15: 206-219.
23. Shabica C, Pranschke F (1994) Survey of littoral drift sand deposits along the Illinois and Indiana Shores of Lake Michigan. J Great Lakes Res 20: 61-72.
24. Sneed ED, Folk RL (1958) Pebbles in the lower Colorado River, Texas-a study of particle morphogenesis. J Geol 66: 114-150.
25. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) (1982) Indiana shoreline erosion, final feasibility report. Chicago District. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Illinois.
26. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) (1996) Fact sheet, beach nourishment at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Illinois.
27. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) (2008) Indiana shoreline monitoring: Burns International Harbor to Michigan City Harbor. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo, New York.
28. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) (2010) Littoral analysis and sediment budget study. The village of Grand Beach, MI. Planning assistance to states. Detroit District. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit, Michigan.
29. Wayne WJ (1963) Pleistocene formations in Indiana. Indiana Department of Conservation, Geological Survey Bulletin 25.
30. Wood WL, Davis SE (1986) Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Shoreline Situation Report. GLCRL, Purdue University.
31. Wood WL, Hoover JA, Stockberger MT, Zhang Y (1988) Coastal Situation Report for the State of Indiana. GLCRL, Purdue University.