MIGRATION AND BURIAL TENDENCIES OF VARIABLE DENSITY MUNITIONS: INITIAL RESULTS FROM A LARGE-SCALE STUDY

Past military activity close to the coast has discarded numerous ordnances in nearshore environment. These ordinances (some of them unexploded; also called UXOs or munitions) are transported by waves and currents may become exposed on beaches. The increased intensity storm events lead a subsequent increase UXO exposure migration. Prolonged ocean conditions leads surface growth that alters their bulk density. Hence, it is essential understand influence density mobility characteristics. This study, funded Strategic Environment Research Development Program (SERDP), aims quantify processes affect burial variable munitions surf swash zones during scaled extreme forcing.