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User:Diemlew/Glass Beach (Fort Bragg, California)

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Composition and Impact of Fort Bragg edit

Fort Bragg is a prime example of something turned from a dumping site to a national treasure and popular landmark of California. The composition of Fort Bragg is something that is discussed today. The composition of Glass Beach sands include quartz, mafic minerals and feldspar intermingled with well rounded glass components of white, brown and green grains (Kerwin, 1997). Besides glass, Fort Bragg’s iconic beach  is also made up of tin pieces (Bascom 1960)[1]. In fact, the composition of Fort Bragg is so interesting that researchers are showing the benefits of creating replicated beaches like Fort Bragg in Southern California, Louisiana and Florida (Wildman 2018)[2]. The density and size of the items like tin on the beach create a sufficient and sustainable aggregate (Bascom 1960). Fort Bragg has inspired the idea using RCGC (known as recycled crushed glass cullet) as a beach aggregate (Kerwin 1997).[3]

 
Mixed composition of Fort Bragg Glass Beach.

Bibliography edit

  • Bascom, W. (1960). BEACHES. Scientific American, 203(2), 80–97. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24940578
    • Pictures of Fort Bragg and how tin cans make up the beach, proving that materials of a certain size and density can make a beach
  • Kerwin, L. (1997). Potential Applications for Recycled Glass in Beach Management. Florida Atlantic University, Pg 36-37.
    • Talks about the composition of Fort Bragg.
  • Wildman, John C. (2018). "Laboratory Evaluation of Recycled Crushed Glass Cullet for Use as an Aggregate in Beach Nourishment and Marsh Creation Projects in Southeastern Louisiana" , University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2565.
    • Talks about how Fort Bragg has led the way for other beaches to become like itself.

References edit

  1. Bascom, W. (1960). BEACHES. Scientific American, 203(2), 80–97. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24940578
  2. Wildman, John C., "Laboratory Evaluation of Recycled Crushed Glass Cullet for Use as an Aggregate in Beach Nourishment and Marsh Creation Projects in Southeastern Louisiana" (2018). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2565.https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2565
  3. Kerwin, L. (1997). Potential Applications for Recycled Glass in Beach Management. Florida Atlantic University, Pg 36-37.
  1. ^ Bascom, Willard (1960). "BEACHES". Scientific American. 203 (2): 80–97. ISSN 0036-8733.
  2. ^ Wildman, John (2018-12-20). "Laboratory Evaluation of Recycled Crushed Glass Cullet for Use as an Aggregate in Beach Nourishment and Marsh Creation Projects in Southeastern Louisiana". University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations.
  3. ^ author., Kerwin, Loisa,. Potential applications for recycled glass in beach management : emergency stabilization of erosional "hot spots" in Broward County, Florida. OCLC 990159106. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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