Pacific Northwest Coastal Environments

Ronald C. Chaney is an Emeritus Professor of Environmental Resources Engineering, former Director of the Telonicher Marine Laboratory, and Head of Vessel Operations at Cal Poly Humboldt (formally Humboldt State University) in Arcata, California. Prior to that, he was an associate professor of civil engineering at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He received his BSCE and MSCE from Cal State University-Long Beach and a PhD in engineering from the University of California-Los Angeles. Dr. Chaney was previously the editor of the International Journal of Marine Geotechnology, co-editor of the Journal of Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, and co-editor of the American Society for Testing and Materials’ Geotechnical Testing Journal. He is the author and co-author of the books Seafloor Processes and Geotechnology; Environmental Geotechnology, 2nd edition; and Marine Geology and Geotechnology of the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. He is a fellow of both ASCE and ASTM. Dr. Chaney is also both a licensed civil and geotechnical engineer in California and a retired licensed professional engineer in Oregon.

Introduction; PART I: NORTHWEST PACIFIC COASTAL GEOLOGY ISSUES; 2. Marine and Coastal Geology; PART II: NORTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN ISSUES; 3. North Pacific Ocean; 4. Tides; 5. Wave Characterization; 6. Wave Behavior in Shallow Water and Run-Up; PART III: COASTAL SOIL AND ROCK MATERIALS; 7. Sources and Characteristics of Beach Materials; PART IV: CHANGING SEA LEVEL AND CLIFF RETREAT; 8. Relative Sea Levels; 9. Cliff Retreat; PART V: EFFECTS ON MAN-MADE STRUCTURES; 10. Cliff Retreat Mitigation Measures