Coastal Retreat in California's Central Coast Region

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An environmental summary created by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.

This page gives a background on Coastal Retreat in California's Central Coast Region and highlights scientific findings pertaining to coastal erosion.

Rates of retreat

  • some bullet list of pertinent retreat rates

Potential influences

  • sea level rise (include refs)
  • sand mining (include refs)

Impacts

  • special status habitat stuff

Documents

  • some chronological list of pertinent docs


Things below here are here for revision help and will be incorporated into new version

Summary

The Southern Monterey bay region has some of the highest coastal erosion rates in the state of California.[1]

Monterey: 1 ft / year

Seaside: 3 ft/year

Marina: 6 ft/ year

Much of this erosion may be due to Sand Mining in California's Central Coast Region.

Location

California's central coast region is roughly constrained by Point Conception to the south and the Monterey Bay to the north.

Ecosystem Services

California's Central Coast Region provides several ecosystem services including:

Science

Coastal Retreat in California's Central Coast Region, specifically Southern Monterey Bay, has the fastest rate of erosion in California.[2] Since the retreat is occuring in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, scientists are determined to find possible mitigation efforts, reasons for high rates, and, specific hot spots.

Recent research includes:

  • Sand Mining Impacts on Long-term Dune Erosion in Southern Monterey Bay [3]
  • Sediment distribution and transport along a rocky, embayed coast: Monterey Peninsula and Carmel Bay, California [4]
  • Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan For Southern Monterey Bay [5]
  • National Assessment of Shoreline Change Part 3: Historical Shoreline Change and Associated Coastal Land Loss Along Sandy Shorelines of the California Coast [2]

Tools

There are a variety of tools that can be used to assess the effects of sand mining and/or coastal retreat.

  • ArcGIS and the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) toolbox can be used to monitor changes in beach width.
  • Stero Photogrammetry [3]
  • LIDAR Measurements [3]
  • GPS Surveys [3]

Links

References

  1. California Coastal Erosion Response to Sea Level Rise
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hapke CJ et al. 2006. USGS. National Assessment of Shoreline Change Part 3: Historical Shoreline Change and Associated Coastal Land Loss Along Sandy Shorelines of the California Coast
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Thornton et al. 2006. Sand Mining Impacts on Long-term Dune Erosion in Southern Monterey Bay. Marine Geology 229.1:45-58.
  4. Storlazzi, CD and Field, ME. 2000. Sediment distribution and transport along a rocky, embayed coast: Monterey Peninsula and Carmel Bay, California. Marine Geology 170.3: 289-316.
  5. Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan For Southern Monterey Bay

Disclaimer

This page may contain student work completed as part of assigned coursework. It may not be accurate. It does not necessary reflect the opinion or policy of CSUMB, its staff, or students.