Huntington Beach as a Summer and Winter Beach

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Introduction
Within this paper, the differences between a summer and winter beach will be explained thoroughly, and the sand samples taken from the back shore portion of Huntington Beach, located in South Carolina, will be used as proof of these differences. The sand samples taken at both summer and winter periods will be defined and analyzed in great detail, as will the beach area itself. Once having read this paper, the general background information on the type of sand collected, specifically about Huntington Beach, will be evident, as will the differences in the beach during winter and summer time. The samples will be described thoroughly, and lab work and findings will be summarized for a touch of light, interesting, reading; all outside work cited corrected. These findings will not only be conveyed with words, but also visually appealing diagrams and photos of the physical sample. Finally, there will be a brief summary at the end of this paper in which the sand samples will be briefly restated in show of example for the winter and summer differences in a beach, specifically Huntington Beach.
Information on Winter Beaches
As storms and wave heights, along with a general change in wave and wind direction, surge during the fall and winter months, beach berms and occasionally the dunes erode in reaction, causing the beach to lower as sand is hauled offshore from the upper portions of the beach and deposited in shielding offshore sandbars (Learn More about Beaches & Dunes). The result is typically a flatter, more concave beach shape. The sandbars that form offshore in winter help protect the beach by causing waves to break farther offshore. There tends to be more coarse sediments in beach deposits, and any large storm can...

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...osition of sand on the up current side due to the jetty interrupting the movement of sand.
There has been a legislation put in place to protect coastlines. According to Kathryn Free, The South Carolina Coastal Zone Management Act of 1977 was passed by the General Assembly to make available protection and improvement of the state’s coastal resources. The Act has an extensive range of purposes to inspire coastal management and protection of natural coastal resources. The Act also created the South Carolina Coastal Council and gave it direct regulatory authority over “critical areas” of the coastal zone, including coastal waters, tidelands, beaches, and primary oceanfront sand dunes (Free 15 -16). However, it was soon obvious that the Council could not achieve these legislative goals because they lacked authority to thwart construction near eroding shorelines.

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