The Corpus Christi Ship Channel in Texas connects the Port of to Gulf Mexico. is seeking deepen channel allow fully loaded very large crude carriers access proposed terminals within port complex. Dredge material from deepening be used as beach nourishment and create offshore berms along Mustang Island San Jose Island. fate was assessed using Hybrid C-X (COSMOSXBeach) Sediment Budget Model. Long...

A model for the formation and evolution of longshore sand ridges in waters deeper than the shoaling region suggests that a possible but by no means exclusive agent for the formation of these bars are weakly nonlinear dispersive long waves. The model describes how these water waves, which are represented by wave packets, and a sandy bottom topography, conspire to produce sand ridges. This study ...