SECTION 1 - Coastal Change: Implications for the Grand Strand

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 The Grand Strand
  • Physical Setting
  • Population, Economy, and Development
• 1.3 Coastal Hazards
  • Sea Level
  • Storms
• 1.4 Beachfront Management
• 1.5 South Carolina Coastal Erosion Study

SECTION 2 - Mapping Coastal Change 

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Mapping the Geologic Framework
  • Seafloor Topography
  • Surficial Geology
  • Subsurface Geology
  • Seafloor Sediment
• 2.3 Mapping Shorelines
  • Beach Profiling
  • Historical Shoreline Analysis
• 2.4 Mapping Sediment Movement
• 2.5 Summary

SECTION 3 - Geologic Framework

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Framework Components
  • Cretaceous and Tertiary Sedimentary Rocks
  • Pleistocene Sediment
  • Holocene Sediment
• 3.3 Evolution of the Geologic Framework
  • Margin Scale
  • Platform Scale
  • Coastal Scale
• 3.4 Summary

SECTION 4 - Shoreline Change

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Beaches on the Move
• 4.3 Monitoring South Carolina's Beaches
• 4.4 Framework Controls on Beaches
  • Central Grand Strand: Sediment-Limited Framework
  • Northern Grand Strand: Sediment-Rich Framework
• 4.5 Exposure and Burial of Hardbottom Areas
• 4.6 Summary

SECTION 5 - Sediment Budget and Ocean Processes

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Sediment Sources
  • Sediment Delivered by Rivers
  • Sediment Delivered by Longshore Transport
  • Erosion of Beach and Shoreface Deposits
  • Erosion of Inner-Shelf Deposits
• 5.3 Sediment Sinks
  • Losses Across the Southern Boundary
  • Losses Across the Northern Boundary
  • Losses at Tidal Inlets
  • Losses Offshore to the Inner Shelf
• 5.4 Sediment-Transport Pathways
  • Transport Direction Inferred from Seafloor Mapping
  • Direct Observations of Sediment Transport
• 5.5 Numerical Modeling
• 5.6 Summary

SECTION 6 - An Effective Strategy for Understanding Coastal Change

Acknowledgments

References Cited

List of Figures and Tables

Acronymns

Glossary of Terms