Joseph Kelley
Dept. of Geological Sciences and School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
207.581.2162
jtkelley@maine.edu
http://www.ume.maine.edu/~marine/kelley.htm
Daniel
Belknap
Dept. of Geological Sciences and School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
207.581.2159
belknap@maine.edu
http://www.ume.maine.edu/~marine/belknap.htm
Stephen Dickson
Maine Geological Survey
Augusta, ME 04333
207.287.2801
stephen.m.dickson@state.me.us
Despite common goals of preserving healthy beaches, conflicts among towns/beach communities and scientists/regulators have resulted from poor communication and differing views. The research team will train volunteers from beach communities to make topographic profiles of beaches in southern Maine and to deploy current meters in the bays surrounding the beaches to measure waves and currents. They will also coordinate annual State-of-Maine's-Beaches meetings for volunteers and experts to discuss the data collected and issues related to beach management. This project will promote a common understanding of beach behavior in relation to measured oceanographic conditions. The database gathered will prove invaluable in determining possible future beach replenishment projects.
For more information, go to the beach project website: http://www.geology.um.maine.edu/beach/
2-year project
Year 1: $30,000
Year 2: $30,000
Total: $60,000
Associated Publications
Kelley, J. T., D. C. Barber, D. F. Belknap, D. M. FitzGerald, S. van Heteren, and S. M. Dickson, 2005, Sand Budgets at Geological, Historical, and Contemporary Time Scales for a Developed Beach System, Saco Bay, Maine, USA., Marine Geology, 214:117-142.
Hill, H. W., J. T. Kelley, D. F. Belknap and S. M. Dickson, 2003, The effects of storms and storm-generated currents on the sand beaches in southern Maine, Marine Geology, 210:149-168.
Hill, H. H., Kelley, J. T., Belknap, D. F., and Dickson, S. M., 2002, Co-measurement of beaches in Maine, USA: volunteer profiling of beaches and annual meetings, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 36: 374-380.
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