Sand Dune Management

Environmental Earth Science - Mr. Mitchell

NAME: _______________________________ Per: ____ Date: ______________

In the Oceans Section of this course , you learned about longshore currents and the deposition and removal of sand that affects beaches. In this Land Processes and Products Section, you learned how wind removes, transports, and deposits material. Now we can use what you learned to explore the management of our coastal dunes.

Using the sources in below, and any other suitable sources such as your textbook, answer the following questions, including citing the sources where you found the information.

As an option, you can copy the text on this page, then paste it into a word-processor document. Then type your answers, and copy and paste the address of the page where you found information as your source.

http://www.glo.state.tx.us/coastal/dunemanual/

Sand Dune Conservation from the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation

http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/lockers/Broome_S/slide.ppt

http://www.offwell.free-online.co.uk/successn/primary2.htm

http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/lockers/Broome_S/ram.html

Dune Restoration after storm damage

Long Island Sound Outlook Magazine

Yahoo! search for coastal sand dune protection

1. Describe 3 reasons why coastal dunes are valuable and need to be protected.

2. Describe how sand dunes move because of the wind, and how they are moved or destroyed by natural processes.

3. Describe how people damage coastal sand dunes both intentionally and accidentally.

4. Describe 5 methods or regulations that protect and improve coastal sand dunes.

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