Tracking hurricane-generated storm surge with washover fan stratigraphy

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 127-130

  Shaw, John ^a,b,c   You, Yao ^b,d   Mohrig, David ^b   Kocurek, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; STORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS;

BACK BARRIERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOW DEPTH; HURRICANE IKE; OVERWASH; SEDIMENT REDISTRIBUTION; SHORELINE CHANGE; STORM SURGES;

HURRICANES;

HURRICANE EVENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHORELINE CHANGE; STORM SURGE; STRATIGRAPHY; WASHOVER; WATER LEVEL;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921772597     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36460.1     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Ashida, K., and Bayazit, M., 1973, Initiation of motion and roughness of flows in steep channels, in Proceedings, 15th Congress of the International Association for Hydraulic Research, p. 475-484.
2. Bagnold, R., 1966, An approach to the sediment transport problem from general physics: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 422-I, 37 p.
3. Bureau of Economic Geology, 2009, Post Hurricane Ike December 2008 upper Texas Coast LiDAR digital elevation models (Colorado River Delta to Sabine Pass): Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas.
4. Donnelly, C., Kraus, N., and Larson, M., 2006, State of knowledge on measurement and modeling of coastal overwash: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 22, p. 965-991, doi:10.2112/04-0431.1.
5. Donnelly, J.P., et al., 2001, 700 yr sedimentary record of intense hurricane landfalls in southern New England: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 113, p. 714-727, doi:10.1130/0016 -7606 (2001) 113 <0714:YSROIH>2.0.CO;2.
6. Donnelly, J.P., Butler, J., Roll, S., Wengren, M., and Webb, T., III, 2004, A backbarrier overwash record of intense storms from Brigantine, New Jersey: Marine Geology, v. 210, p. 107-121, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.05.005.
7. Doran, K.S., Plant, N.G., Stockdon, H.F., Sallenger, A.H., and Serafin, K.A., 2009, Hurricane Ike: Observations and analysis of coastal change: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009 -1061, 35 p.
8. East, J.W., Turco, M.J., and Mason, R.R., 2008, Monitoring inland storm surge and flooding from Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana, September 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1365, 38 p.
9. Hawkes, A.D., and Horton, B.P., 2012, Sedimentary record of storm deposits from Hurricane Ike, Galveston and San Luis Islands, Texas: Geomorphology, v. 171-172, p. 180-189, doi: 10.1016 /j .geomorph .2012.05.017.
10. Holland, K.T., Holman, R.A., and Sallenger, A.H., 1991, Estimation of overwash bore velocities using video techniques, in Kraus, N., et al., eds., Coastal sediments: Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers Specialty Conference on Quantitative Approaches to Coastal Sediment Processes: New York, American Society of Civil Engineers, p. 489-497.
11. Hope, M.E., et al., 2013, Hindcast and validation of Hurricane Ike (2008) waves, forerunner, and storm surge: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 118, p. 4424-4460, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20314.
12. Kennedy, A., Gravois, U., and Zachry, B., 2011, Observations of landfalling wave spectra during Hurricane Ike: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, v. 137, p. 142-145, doi: 10.1061 /(ASCE) WW .1943 -5460 .0000081.
13. Kim, W., Paola, C., Swenson, J.B., and Voller, V.R., 2006, Shoreline response to autogenic processes of sediment storage and release in the fluvial system: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 111, F04013, doi:10.1029/2006JF000470.
14. Lorenzo-Trueba, J., and Ashton, A.D., 2014, Rollover, drowning, and discontinuous retreat: Distinct modes of barrier response to sea-level rise arising from a simple morphodynamic model: Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, p. 779-801, doi:10.1002/2013JF002941.
15. McCall, R.T., Van Thiel de Vries, J.S.M., Plant, N.G., Van Dongeren, A.R., Roelvink, J.A., Thompson, D.M., and Reniers, A.J.H.M., 2010, Two-dimensional time dependent hurricane overwash and erosion modeling at Santa Rosa Island: Coastal Engineering, v. 57, p. 668-683, doi: 10.1016 /j .coastaleng.2010.02.006.
16. Morton, R.A., 2002, Factors controlling storm impacts on coastal barriers and beaches-A preliminary basis for near real-time forecasting: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 18, p. 486-501.
17. Morton, R.A., Gelfenbaum, G., and Jaffe, B.E., 2007, Physical criteria for distinguishing sandy tsunami and storm deposits using modern examples: Sedimentary Geology, v. 200, p. 184-207, doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.01.003.
18. Plant, N.G., and Stockdon, H.F., 2012, Probabilistic prediction of barrier-island response to hurricanes: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117, F03015, doi:10.1029/2011JF002326.
19. Plant, N.G., Stockdon, H.F., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Turco, M.J., East, J.W., Taylor, A.A., and Shaffer, W.A., 2010, Forecasting hurricane impact on coastal topography: Eos (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 91, p. 65-72, doi: 10.1029 /2010EO070001.
20. Sallenger, A.H., 2000, Storm impact scale for barrier islands: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 16, no. 3, p. 890-895.
21. Schwartz, R.K., 1982, Bedform and stratification characteristics of some modern small-scale washover sand bodies: Sedimentology, v. 29, p. 835-849, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.1982.tb00087.x.
22. Sedgwick, P.E., and Davis, R.A., Jr., 2003, Stratigraphy of washover deposits in Florida: Implications for recognition in the stratigraphic record: Marine Geology, v. 200, p. 31-48, doi:10.1016 /S0025-3227(03)00163-4.
23. Sherman, D.J., Hales, B.U., Potts, M.K., Ellis, J.T., Liu, H., and Houser, C., 2013, Impacts of Hurricane Ike on the beaches of the Bolivar Peninsula, TX, USA: Geomorphology, v. 199, p. 62-81, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.06.011.
24. Switzer, A.D., and Jones, B.G., 2008, Setup, deposition, and sedimentary characteristics of two storm overwash deposits, Abrahams Bosom Beach, southeastern Australia: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 24, p. 189-200, doi: 10.2112 /05 -0487.1.
25. Texas Water Development Board, 2007, 2006 Texas Water Development Board LiDAR: Matagorda County: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Coastal Services Center.
26. Wang, P., and Horwitz, M.H., 2007, Erosional and depositional characteristics of regional overwash deposits caused by multiple hurricanes: Sedimentology, v. 54, p. 545-564, doi:10.1111 /j .1365 -3091.2006.00848.x.
27. Wiberg, P.L., and Smith, J.D., 1989, Model for calculating bed load transport of sediment: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, v. 115, p. 101-123, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1989)115:1(101).
28. Woodruff, J.D., Donnelly, J.P., Mohrig, D., and Geyer, W.R., 2008, Reconstructing relative flooding intensities responsible for hurricaneinduced deposits from Laguna Playa Grande, Vieques, Puerto Rico: Geology, v. 36, p. 391-394, doi: 10.1130 /G24731A.1.