Figure 49. Detailed sediment transport pathways from summer 1990 (after
Fitzgerald and Montello 1993)
Inlet Development (1991-1995)
With the welding of South Beach to the mainland in 1992, the circulation and
predominant sediment transport was restricted to north Chatham Harbor and
Pleasant Bay. Net changes in the main ebb channel, ebb shoal edge, and north and
south spits from 1991 to 1995 are summarized in Figure 50. The ebb shoal
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