Researcher says new finding 'strongly suggests that little, if any, sand flows south from Oceanside to Carlsbad'
A renowned oceanographer who has studied the California coast for decades says new research challenges a well-established notion about how sand flows within the surf and long-shore currents that constantly shape the state's beaches. Studies show sand doesn't always flow south and in some cases is carried north between the coastal communities, said Reinhard Flick, a member of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Coastal Processes Group.
'It really means that jurisdiction by jurisdiction we can deal with our own sub-cell and not expect major implications for other sub-cells,' Timberlake said. The annual dredging of the Oceanside harbor provides clear evidence that the predominant southern currents don't carry sand very far, she said. 'Every year we place tons of sand on the beach down to the pier,' she said. 'And every year it doesn't get to South Oceanside.
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