Final Report

Nueces County Dune Mitigation and Beach Access Improvment Plan - September 30, 2011

Reports

Coastal Hazards and Mapping

Gibeaut, J., Hepner, T., Andrews, J., Gutierrez, R., and Smyth, B., 2008, Hurricane Rita impacts on the Texas shoreline a summary report: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for the Texas General Land Office, 26 p.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/rita%20summary%20report.pdf

Gibeaut, J. C., Anderson, J. B., Dellapenna, T. M., 2004, Living with geohazards on Galveston Island: a preliminary report with recommendations. Prepared for and submitted to the Galveston, Texas City Council, July 2, 2004, 12 p.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/galvestongeohazardspanelrpt.pdf

Smyth, R. C., Gibeaut, J. C., Andrews, J., Hepner, T. L., and Gutierrez, R., 2003, Coastal mapping of west and east bays in the Galveston Bay system using airborne lidar, final report prepared for the Texas General Land Office, 41 p.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/TSCPWest-EastBaysLIDARfinalreport.pdf

Gibeaut, J. C., Tremblay, T. A., and White, W. A., 2000, Coastal hazards atlas of Texas: a tool for hurricane preparedness and coastal management-volume 1, the southeast coast: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for the Texas Coastal Coordination Council, pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA77OZ0202, 69 p. http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/hazardsatlas_v1_2000.pdf

Gibeaut, J. C., Tremblay, T. A., 2003, Coastal hazards atlas of Texas: a tool for hurricane preparedness and coastal management-volume 3, the southeast coast: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for the Texas Coastal Coordination Council, pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA07OZ0134, 31 p.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/hazards_atlas_v3_2003.pdf

Coastal Processes

Gibeaut, J. C., Gutiérrez, Roberto, and Hepner, Tiffany, 2002, Threshold conditions for episodic beach erosion along the southeast Texas coast: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 323-335.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/threshold.pdf

Gibeaut, J. C., Hepner, Tiffany, Waldinger, R. L., Andrews, J. R., Smyth, R. C., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 2003, Geotextile tubes along the upper Texas Gulf coast: May 2000 to March 2003: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for Texas Coastal Coordination Council pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA07OZ0134, under GLO contract number 02-493 R, 37 p. + apps.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/Geotubes2003finalreport_web.pdf

Gibeaut, J. C., Hepner, Tiffany, Waldinger, R. L., Andrews, J. R., Smyth, R. C., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 2002, Geotubes along the Gulf shoreline of the upper Texas coast: observations during 2001: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for Texas Coastal Coordination Council pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA97OZ0179, under GLO contract number 01-597 R, 24 p. + apps.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/2001%20final%20report.pdf

Gibeaut, J. C., Hepner, T. L., Waldinger, Rachel, Andrews, J. R., Smyth, R. C., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 2003, Geotubes for temporary erosion control and storm surge protection along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline of Texas, in Proceedings, 13th Biennial Coastal Zone Conference: Coastal Zone 3: Coastal Zone Management through Time: Baltimore, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 5 p., CD-ROM.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/geotubes_temperosion.pdf

Coastal Wetlands

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Smyth, R. C., Andrews, J. R., Tremblay, T. A., Gutiérrez, Roberto, Hepner, T. L., and Neuenschwander, Amy, 2003, Topographic variation of barrier island subenvironments and associated habitats, in Coastal Sediments '03: Crossing disciplinary boundaries: Proceedings, Fifth International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes, Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 18-23, 10 p., CD-ROM.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/topographicvariation.pdf

Outreach

Hepner, Tiffany, and Gibeaut, J. C., 2004, Final Report: Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program: Ball, Port Aransas, and Port Isabel High Schools, 2002/2003: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for the Texas Coastal Coordination Council, pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA17OZ2353, 32 p.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/FinalRpt_THSCMP2002_03.pdf

Sand Resources

Paine, J. G., Morton, R. A., and White, W. A., 1989, Preliminary assessment of nonfuel minerals on the Texas continental shelf, in Proceedings: Ninth Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, October 1988: New Orleans, U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, prepared under MMS contract no. 14-12-0001-30305, OCS Study/MMS 89-0060, p. 111-115.
http://coastal.beg.utexas.edu/Coastal/pdf/Prelim%20Assessment%20of%20Nonfuel%20Minerals.pdf

Morton, R. A., and Gibeaut, J. C., 1993, Physical and environmental assessment of sand resources-Texas continental shelf: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Office of International Activities and Marine Minerals, under cooperative agreement no. 14-35-0001-30635, 66 p.
http://coastal.beg.utexas.edu/Coastal/pdf/Sand%20Resources-Tx.Cont.%20Shelf.pdf

Morton, R. A., and Gibeaut, J. C., 1995, Physical and environmental assessment of sand resources, Sabine and Heald Banks: second phase 1994-1995: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Office of International Activities and Marine Minerals, under cooperative agreement no. 14-35-0001-30635, variously paginated. [246 p.].
http://coastal.beg.utexas.edu/Coastal/pdf/Sand%20Resources%20Sabine%20and%20Heald%20Banks.pdf

Wellner, J.S., 2004, Sand resources for the Central Texas Continental Shelf : The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology
http://gulf.rice.edu/coastal/

Shoreline Change

Gibeaut, J. C., Hepner, Tiffany, Waldinger, R. L., Andrews, J. R., Gutiérrez, Roberto, Tremblay, T. A., and Smyth, R. C., 2001, Changes in Gulf shoreline position, Mustang and North Padre Islands, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for the Texas Coastal Coordination Council pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under Award No. NA97OZ0179 and GLO Contract No. 00-002R, 28 p.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/Mustangfinalrpt.pdf

Gibeaut, J. C., Waldinger, Rachel, Hepner, Tiffany, Tremblay, T. A., and White, W. A., 2003, Changes in bay shoreline position, West Bay system, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, report of the Texas Coastal Coordination Council pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA07OZ0134, under GLO contract no. 02-225R, 27 p.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/presentations_reports/WestBayfinalreport.pdf

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Hepner, Tiffany, Gutiérrez, Roberto, Tremblay, T. A., Smyth, R. C., and Andrews, J. R., 2000, Texas Shoreline Change Project: Gulf of Mexico Shoreline change from the Brazos River to Pass Cavallo: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, report prepared for the Texas Coastal Coordination Council pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA870Z0251, 32 p.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/report.pdf

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Gutierrez, R., Waldinger, R., Andrews, J. R., Hepner, T. L., Smyth, R. C., Tremblay, T. A., 2002, Measuring shoreline change along bays and oceans using historical aerial photography and airborne topographic lidar surveys : The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/poster_measuringchange.htm

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Gutierrez, R., Waldinger, R., Andrews, J. R., Hepner, T. L., Smyth, R. C., Tremblay, T. A., 2002, Measuring shoreline change along bays and oceans using historical aerial photography and airborne topographic lidar surveys : The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/poster_histshoreline.htm

Reports, White Papers, Commentaries, Educational Posters, Guide Books
Gibeaut, J. C., Caudle, H., and Andrews, J. C., 2009, Virtual Barrier Island, Web, http://coastal.beg.utexas.edu/thscmp/vbi.htm.

Houser, C., Giardino, R., Gibeaut, J. C., and Sherman, D., 2008, Kirk Bryan Field Trip: coastal geomorphology and change along the upper Texas coast: field trip guide book, 98 p.

Gibeaut, J. C., Tremblay, T. A., and Hepner, T. L., 2008, Geo-Environments of Mustang Island and North Padre Island, Texas: Status Trends, and Environmental Management of a Barrier-Island System, Field Trip Guide Book, 2008 AAPG Annual Convention – San Antonio, Texas, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Field Trip Guide Book, April 19, 2008, 43 p.

Gibeaut, J. C., Coastal development: the Galveston case, part II: Commentary published in Geotimes, November, 2007.

Gibeaut, J. C., Coastal development: the Galveston case, part I: Commentary published in Geotimes, October, 2007.

Gibeaut, J. C., Anderson, J. B., and Dellapenna, T. M., 2004, Living with geohazards on Galveston Island: a preliminary report with recommendations: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology report prepared for the City of Galveston, 12 p.

Gibeaut, J. C. and White, W. A., 2004, The Texas coastal environment: living with the dynamic forces of nature: educational poster published by the Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, publication number EM0010.

Gibeaut, J. C., and Piper, Ernest, 1998, 1993 Shoreline oiling assessment of the Exxon Valdez oil spill: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Office of Restoration and Damage Assessment, final report for Restoration Project, 93038, 57 p.

Gibeaut, J. C., Piper, Ernest, and Munson, Dianne, 1996, 1995 Kodiak shoreline oiling assessment of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Juneau, Alaska: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Office of Restoration and Damage Assessment, final report, Restoration Project, 95027, 15 p.

Sale, D. M., Gibeaut, J. C., and Short, J. W., 1995, Nearshore transport of hydrocarbons and sediments forllowing the Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, prepared for Exxon Valdez oil spill State/Federal natural resource damage assessment, Subtidal Study Number, 3B, 64 p. + app.

Davis, R. A., Jr., and Gibeaut, J. C., 1990, Historical morphodynamics of inlets in Florida, models for coastal zone planning: Florida Sea Grant College Program, Technical Paper, 55, 81 p.

Book Chapter
Montagna, P. A., Gibeaut, J. C., and Tunnell, J. W., Jr., 2007, South Texas Climate: Coastal Impacts, in Norwine, J. and Kuruvilla, J., eds., The Changing Climate of South Texas 1900-2100, BookMasters Inc., p. 57-77.

Articles
Holland, S. D. and Gibeaut, J. C., 2009, Development of ecosystem decision support tools: the role of collaborative GIS in the Gulf of Mexico Alliance, Proceedings of the Data Integration and Management on the Gulf of Mexico Workshop, Corpus Christi, Texas, http://cs.tamucc.edu/dim/index.html.

Hepner, T. L. and Gibeaut, J. C., Texas initiatives for increasing public awareness of coastal processes, 2007: in Proceedings of Coastal Zone ’07, Portland, Oregon, July 22-26, 2007, 5 p., Web and CD-ROM.

Gibeaut, J. C., 2007, Modeling future coastal wetland transition induced by relative sea-level rise: in Coastal Sediments ’07, Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 13-17, 7 p., CD-ROM.

Paine, J. G., White, W. A., Smyth, R. C., Andrews, J. R., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2005, Combining EM and lidar to map coastal wetlands: an example from Mustang Island, Texas, in Geophysical solutions for today's challenges: 18th Annual Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, April 3–7, Atlanta: Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, p. 745–756, CD-ROM.

Tremblay, T. A., White, W. A., Waldinger, R. L., Collins, E. W., Gibeaut, J. C., and Ames, J. T., 2005, Geoenvironmental map of the Christmas Point Quadrangle, Texas Gulf Coast, in Sappington, Nancy, ed., GIS in state government, volume 1: Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), ISBN 1058948, p. 79.

Hepner, T. L., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2004, Tracking post-storm beach recovery using data collected by Texas high school students: Shore & Beach, v. 72, no. 4, p. 5–9.

Paine, J. G., White, W. A., Smyth, R. C., Andrews, J. R., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2004, Mapping coastal environments with lidar and EM on Mustang Island, Texas, U.S.: The Leading Edge, v. 23, no. 9, p. 894–898.

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Smyth, R. C., Andrews, J. R., Tremblay, T. A., Gutiérrez, Roberto, Hepner, T. L., and Neuenschwander, Amy, 2003, Topographic variation of barrier island subenvironments and associated habitats, in Coastal Sediments '03: Crossing disciplinary boundaries: Proceedings, Fifth International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes, Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 18–23, 10 p., CD-ROM.

Gibeaut, J. C., Hepner, T. L., Waldinger, Rachel, Andrews, J. R., Smyth, R. C., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 2003, Geotubes for temporary erosion control and storm surge protection along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline of Texas, in Proceedings, 13th Biennial Coastal Zone Conference: Coastal Zone 3: Coastal Zone Management through Time: Baltimore, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 5 p., CD-ROM.

Gibeaut, J. C., 2003, Lidar: mapping a shoreline by laser light: Geotimes, v. 48, no. 11, p. 23–27. Warne, A. G., Meade, R. H., White, W. A., Guevara, E. H., Gibeaut, J. C., Smyth, R. C., Aslan, Andres, and Tremblay, T. A., 2002, Regional controls on geomorphology, hydrology, and ecosystem integrity in the Orinoco Delta, Venezuela: Geomorphology, v. 44, p. 273–307.

Gibeaut, J. C., Gutiérrez, Roberto, and Hepner, Tiffany, 2002, Threshold conditions for episodic beach erosion along the southeast Texas coast: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 323–335.

Aslan, Andres, Warne, A. G., White, W. A., Guevara, E. H., Smyth, R. C., Raney, J. A., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2001, Mud volcanoes of the Orinoco delta, eastern Venezuela: Geomorphology, v. 41, p. 323–336.

Gutiérrez, Roberto, Gibeaut, J. C., Smyth, R. C., Hepner, Tiffany, Andrews, J. R., Weed, C., Gutelius, Bill, and Mastin, M., 2001, Precise airborne LIDAR surveying for coastal research and geohazards applications: International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, v. 34, part 3/W4, p. 185–192.

Crawford, M. M., Kumar, S., Ricard, M. R., Gibeaut, J. C., and Neuenschwander, A., 1999, Fusion of airborne polarimetric and interferometric SAR for classification of coastal environments: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, v. 37, no. 3, p. 1306–1315.

Gibeaut, J. C., Gutiérrez, Roberto, and Kyser, J., 1998, Increasing the accuracy and resolution of coastal bathymetric surveys: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 14, no. 3, p. 1082–1098.

Gutelius, Bill, Carter, W. E., Shrestha, R. L., Medvedev, Eugene, Gutiérrez, Roberto, Gibeaut, J. C., Crawford, Melba, and Smith, Solar, 1998, Engineering applications of airborne scanning lasers: reports from the field: PE & RS (Highlight article), v. 64, no. 4, p. 246–253.

Gutiérrez, Roberto, Gibeaut, J. C., Crawford, Melba, Mahoney, M., Smith, Solar, Gutelius, Bill, Carswell, Donald, and MacPherson, Elise, 1998, Airborne laser swath mapping of Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, in Proceedings, Fifth International Conference: Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, San Diego: p. I-236–I-243.

Slatton, K. C., Crawford, Melba, Gibeaut, J. C., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 1998, Post-processing techniques to minimize systematic and random height errors in TOPSAR DEMs, in Kim, Yunjin, ed., Summaries of the Seventh Airborne Earth Science Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Publication 97- 21, v. 2, p. 83–98.

Ricard, M. R., Neuenschwander, A. L., Crawford, Melba, and Gibeaut, J. C., 1997, Multisensor classification of wetland environments using airborne multispectral and SAR data, in IGARSS’97: 1997 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: Remote sensing—a scientific vision for sustainable development: IEEE Publications, Catalog Number 97CH36042, Library of Congress Number 97-70575, v. 2, p. 667–669.

Slatton, K. C., Crawford, Melba, Gibeaut, J. C., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 1997, Removal of residual errors from SAR-derived digital elevation models for improved topographic mapping of low-relief areas, in IGARSS’97: 1997 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: Remote sensing—a scientific vision for sustainable development: IEEE Publications, Catalog Number 97CH36042, Library of Congress Number 97-70575, v. 1, p. 457–459.

Short, J. W., Sale, D. M., and Gibeaut, J. C., 1996, Nearshore transport of hydrocarbons and sediments following the Exxon Valdez, in Rice, S. D., Spies, R. B., Wolfe, D. A., and Wright, B. A., eds., Proceedings, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Symposium: American Fisheries Society, Symposium Number 18, p. 40–60.

Slatton, K. C., Crawford, Melba, Gibeaut, J. C., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 1996, Modeling wetland vegetation using olarimetric SAR, in Stein, T. I., ed., IGARSS ’96, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: remote sensing for a sustainable future: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., IEEE Catalog Number 96CH35875, Library of Congress Number 95- 80706, volume 1, p. 263–265.

Morton, R. A., Gibeaut, J. C., and Paine, J. G., 1995, Meso-scale transfer of sand during and after storms: implications for prediction of shoreline movement: Marine Geology, v. 126, p. 161–179.

Morton, R. A., Paine, J. G., and Gibeaut, J. C., 1994, Stages and durations of post-storm beach recovery, southeastern Texas coast, U.S.A.: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 10, no. 4, p. 884– 908.

Davis, R. A., Jr., Inglin, D. C., Gibeaut, J. C., Creaser, G. J., Haney, R. L., and Terry, J. B., 1993, Performance of three adjacent but different beach nourishment projects, Pinellas County, Florida, in Coastal Zone ’93: Proceedings, 8th Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management: American Shore and Beach Preservation Association/ASCE, p. 379–389.

Gibeaut, J. C., and Davis, R. A., Jr., 1993, Statistical geomorphic classification of ebb-tidal deltas along the west-central Florida coast: Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 18, p. 165– 184.

Morton, R. A., Paine, J. G., and Gibeaut, J. C., 1993, Large-scale transfer of sand during storms: implications for modeling and prediction of shoreline movement, in List, J. H., ed., Large-scale coastal behavior ’93: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report No. 93-381, p. 129–132.

Gibeaut, J. C., and Davis, R. A., Jr., 1991, Computer simulation modeling of ebb-tidal deltas, in ASCE Coastal Sediments 1991: Seattle, Washington: American Society of Civil Engineers, p. 1389– 1403.

Gundlach, E. R., Pavia, E. A., Robinson, C., and Gibeaut, J. C., 1991, Shoreline surveys at the Exxon Valdez oil spill—the State of Alaska response, in Proceedings of the 1991 International Oil Spill Conference, San Diego, California: American Petroleum Institute, p. 519–529.

Michel, J., Hayes, M. O., Sexton, W. J., Gibeaut, J. C., and Henry, C. D., 1991, Trends in natural removal of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound from September 1989 to May 1990, in Proceedings of the 1991 International Oil Spill Conference, San Diego, California: American Petroleum Institute, p. 181–187.

Davis, R. A., Jr., Gibeaut, J. C., and Andronaco, M., 1990, Formation and development of a tidal inlet from a washover fan, west-central Florida coast: Sedimentary Geology, v. 65, p. 87–94.

Gibeaut, J. C., and Davis, R. A., Jr., 1988, Morphodynamic classification of tidal inlets, in Proceedings of the Beach Preservation Technology ’88 Conference, Gainesville, Florida: Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, p. 221–229.

Abstracts
Su, L. and Gibeaut, J. C., 2009, Extracting surface features of the Nueces River Delta using LiDAR points, Proceedings of the Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting, April 28-30,University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas, p. 29.

Reisinger, A. S., Tissot, P., Hicks, D. W., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2009, Neural network spatial model for salinity in Bahia Grande, Proceedings of the Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting, April 28-29, University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas, p. 18.

Gibeaut, J. C., 2009, Projecting impacts of relative sea-level rise, erosion, and storms on Galveston Bay barrier islands: Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial State of the Bay Symposium, Galveston Bay Estuary Program, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, p. 65.

Gibeaut, J. C., 2008, Measuring the continuum of geomorphic variability along the Texas coast using lidar: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 6, p. 91.

Andrews, J. R., Wood, Lesli, and Gibeaut, J. C., 2008, A Custom Software Approach to Sharing Multidimensional Geoscience Research Findings (extended abstract): Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 58, p. 47-48.

Gibeaut, J. C., Tremblay, T. A., Waldinger, R., Collins, E. W., Smyth, R. C., White, W. A., Hepner, T. L., Andrews, J. R., and Gutierrez, R., 2007, Developing a barrier island geohazards map, Galveston Island, Texas, in Proceedings of Coastal Zone 07, Portland, Oregon, July 22 to 26, 2007

Hepner, T., Gibeaut, J. C., and Andrews, J. R., 2007, Visualizing the Texas coast: Proceedings of NOAA Coastal Geotools Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, March 5 to 8, 2007, p. 41.

Andrews, J. R., Wood, L. J., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2006, Developing interactive 3-D presentations and publications for multidimensional geoscience research (abs.): Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 56, p. 15.

Collins, E. W., Raney, J. A., Tremblay, T. A., Gibeaut, J. C., Waldinger, R. L., White, W. A., and Paine, J. G., 2006, Geologic mapping for the Texas STATEMAP program (abs.): Geological Society of America, South-Central Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 1, p. 6.

Gibeaut, J. C., Gutiérrez, R., Hepner, T. L., and Andrews, J. R., 2006, Effects of Hurricane Rita on Texas beaches (abs.): Eos Transactions AGU, v. 87, no. 36, Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement,  Abstract OS16H-03.

Gibeaut, J. C., 2006, Texas shoreline change analysis and communicating the results to the public (abs.), in Shoreline Change Conference II: a workshop on managing shoreline change, May 3–5, Charleston, South Carolina.

Paine, J. G., White, W. A., Smyth, R. C., Andrews, J. R., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2005, Mapping coastal wetlands using EM and airborne lidar: a Texas example (abs.): EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 86, no. 52, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract Number H43F- 0552 INVITED.

Hepner, T. L., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2005, The Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program: a program in education, public awareness, and coastal management (ext. abs.), in Coastal zone 05: Proceedings of the 14th Biennial Coastal Zone Conference, New Orleans, July 17–21: NOAA Coastal Services Center, CD-ROM.

Gibeaut, J. C., 2005, Patterns of Gulf of Mexico shoreline change in Texas (abs.), in Coastal Texas 2020, Technical Erosion Conference 2005, Houston: Texas General Land Office, CD ROM, 1 p.

Gibeaut, J. C., 2005, Modeling future changes in barrier-island wetlands on Galveston Island, Texas (abs.): Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 55, p. 249–250.

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Gutiérrez, Roberto, Waldinger, Rachel, Andrews, J. R., Hepner, T. L., Smyth, R. C., and Tremblay, T. A., 2004, The Texas Shoreline Change Project: combining lidar, historical photography, and ground surveys to measure shoreline change rates along bay and gulf shorelines (abs.), in 5th Biennial Texas Coastal Issues Conference bios and abstracts: Texas General Land Office, Coastal Resources Program, CD-ROM.

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Smyth, R. C., Andrews, J. R., Tremblay, T. A., and Hepner, T. L., 2004, Topographic variation of barrier island wetlands: implications for modeling change during rising relative sea level (abs.), in 5th Biennial Texas Coastal Issues Conference bios and abstracts: Texas General Land Office, Coastal Resources Program, CD-ROM.

Guevara, E. H., Aslan, Andres, White, W. A., Raney, J. A., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2004, The Orinoco Delta, Venezuela: sedimentation near an active plate margin (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13, p. A56.

Paine, J. G., White, W. A., Gibeaut, J. C., Andrews, J. R., and Waldinger, R. L., 2004, Exploring quantitative wetlands mapping using airborne lidar and electromagnetic induction on Mustang Island, Texas (abs.): Eos Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 85, no. 17, Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract B41A-24.

Hovorka, S. D., Andrews, J. R., Clift, S. J., Hepner, T. L., Gibeaut, J. C., Rodgers, S. D., Jennette, D. C., and Raney, J. A., 2004, Update on public and K-12 programs at the Bureau of Economic Geology, Texas (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: v. 36, no. 5, p. 349.

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Smyth, R. C., Andrews, J. R., and Tremblay, T. A., 2004, Modeling change in barrier island habitats during rising relative sea level: Texas coast (abs.), in ASBPA Conference and Annual Meeting, New Orleans, September 13–15, CD-ROM.

Guevara, E. H., Aslan, Andres, Raney, J. A., White, W. A., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2004, The Orinoco delta, Venezuela: sedimentary processes and facies of a major Holocene depositional system (abs.), in 32nd International Geological Congress, Abstracts, Part 2, Florence, Italy, August 20– 28, p. 895–896.

Guevara, E. H., Aslan, Andres, White, W. A., Raney, J. A., and Gibeaut, J. C., 2003, Depositional processes and facies distribution in the Orinoco Delta, Venezuela: constraints for reservoir models (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists International Conference Official Program, p. A37.

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Gutiérrez, Roberto, Waldinger, Rachel, Andrews, J. R., Hepner, T. L., Smyth, R. C., and Tremblay, T. A., 2003, The Texas Shoreline Change Project: combining lidar, historical photography, and ground surveys to measure shoreline change rates along bay and Gulf of Mexico shorelines (abs.), in Proceedings, 3rd Biennial Coastal GeoTools Conference, Charleston, South Carolina: NOAA Coastal Services Center, CD-ROM.

Bellian, J. A., Jennette, David, Kerans, Charles, Gibeaut, J. C., Andrews, J. R., Ysseldyk, B., and Larue, D., 2002, 3-Dimensional digital outcrop data collection and analysis using eye-safe laser (LIDAR) technology (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 11, p. A16.

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 2002, Effect of an artificial tidal inlet on shoreline change (abs.), in Proceedings, Shoreline Change Conference: Charleston, South Carolina, NOAA Coastal Services Center, May 7–9, unpaginated.

Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Gutiérrez, Roberto, Waldinger, R. L., Andrews, J. R., Hepner, Tiffany, Smyth, R. C., and Tremblay, T. A., 2002, Measuring shoreline change along bays and oceans using historical aerial photography and airborne topographic LIDAR surveys (abs.): Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 336.

Gibeaut, J. C., Gutiérrez, Roberto, Hepner, Tiffany, Smyth, R. C., and Andrews, J. R., 2002, Shoreline change analysis using airborne lidar (abs.), in Proceedings, Shoreline Change Conference: Charleston, South Carolina, NOAA Coastal Services Center, May 7–9, unpaginated.

Gibeaut, J. C., Gutiérrez, Roberto, Hepner, Tiffany, Andrews, J. R., and Smyth, R. C., 2001, Shoreline mapping with airborne LIDAR (abs.), in Proceedings, 2nd Biennial Coastal GeoTools ’01 Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, January 8–11, unpaginated.

Gibeaut, J. C., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 2000, Episodic beach erosion hazard analysis and LIDAR surveys (abs.), in First International Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) Information Technology Conference Abstracts: p. 29–30.

Gibeaut, J. C., Crawford, Melba, Gutiérrez, Roberto, Neuenschwander, A. L., Slatton, K. C., and Smyth, R. C., 1999, Mapping topography and bathymetry of barrier islands using airborne, terrestrial, and marine systems (abs.), in AAPG Annual Convention official program: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. A46.

Gutiérrez, Roberto, Gibeaut, J. C., Gutelius, Bill, and MacPherson, Elise, 1999, Characterization of coastal change using airborne LIDAR mapping (abs.): Eos Supplement, v. 80, no. 46, p. F437.

Warne, A. G., Guevara, E. H., Gibeaut, J. C., White, W. A., Smyth, R. C., Aslan, Andres, and Raney, J. A., 1999, The Orinoco River and delta, Venezuela: a comparison with other major fluvio-deltaic systems (abs.), in Proceedings, IAG Yangtze Fluvial Conference, Shanghai, China, October 28– November 6: International Association of Geomorphologists, p. 29.

Gutiérrez, Roberto, Neuenschwander, A. L., Gibeaut, J. C., Crawford, Melba, Gutelius, Bill, MacPherson, Elise, Kumar, M. M., and Sharma, R., 1998, Multi-sensor analysis of coastal hazards and environments using airborne laser terrain mapping and synthetic aperture radar (abs.): Eos (Supplement), v. 79, no. 45, p. F200.

Gibeaut, J. C., Gutiérrez, Roberto, and Kirkland, B. L., 1998, The Texas high school coastal monitoring program (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Extended Abstracts, v. 1, p. A233.

Gibeaut, J. C., Gutiérrez, Roberto, and Kirkland, B. L., 1998, High School Beach Monitoring Program: a pilot project in education, public awareness, and coastal management (abs.), in 1998 Ocean Sciences Meeting: Eos Supplement: v. 79, no. 1, p. 0S38.

Gutiérrez, Roberto, Gibeaut, J. C., Slatton, K. C., Crawford, Melba, Gutelius, Bill, Carswell, Donald, MacPherson, Elise, Dale, Sarah, and Smith, Solar, 1998, Digital terrain mapping of Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, using airborne laser and radar systems (abs.): Eos (Supplement), April, p. S60.

Gibeaut, J. C., Kyser, J., Gutiérrez, Roberto, and Morton, R. A., 1996, Accurate and rapid bathymetric surveys for coastal research (abs.): Geological Society of America, South-Central Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 14.

Gibeaut, J. C., Slatton, K. C., Crawford, Melba, and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 1996, Mapping depositional environments on barrier islands using airborne synthetic aperture radar (abs.): Geological Society of America, South-Central Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 14.

Gibeaut, J. C., Crawford, Melba, Gutiérrez, Roberto, Slatton, K. C., and White, W. A., 1996, Geomorphic analysis and depositional environment mapping of barrier island systems using AIRSAR (abs.), in 1996 spring meeting program: American Geophysical Union, p. S263.

Gutiérrez, Roberto, Gibeaut, J. C., and Morton, R. A., 1996, Geoid variations and beach morphology: a regional approach to shoreline surveying using the global positioning system (abs.): Geological Society of America, South-Central Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 17.

Morton, R. A., Paine, J. G., Gibeaut, J. C., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 1996, Differential kinematic GPS beach surveys: key to improving models of nearshore sediment flux (abs.): Geological Society of America, South-Central Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 1, p. 55.

Slatton, K. C., Crawford, Melba, Gibeaut, J. C., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 1996, Modeling wetland vegetation using polarimetric SAR (ext. abs.), in Kim, Yunjin, ed., Summaries of the Sixth Annual JPL Airborne Earth Science Workshop: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, AIRSAR Workshop, JPL Publication, 96-4, v. 2, p. 95–103.

Gibeaut, J. C., Kyser, J., Gutiérrez, Roberto, and Morton, R. A., 1995, High-accuracy bathymetric surveys for coastal research (abs.), in Linked Earth systems: Congress program and abstracts vol. 1: St. Pete Beach, Florida, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), p. 58.

Gibeaut, J. C., and Piper, Ernest, 1995, Shoreline oil from Exxon Valdez: change from 1991 to 1993 (abs.), in Proceedings, 1995 International Oil Spill Conference (Achieving and Maintaining Preparedness): U.S. Coast Guard, American Petroleum Institute, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, International Maritime Organization, and International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association, p. 972–973.

Sale, D. M., Gibeaut, J. C., and Short, J. W., 1993, Nearshore subtidal transport of hydrocarbons and sediments following the Exxon Valdez oil spill (ext. abs.), in Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Symposium: abstract book: Anchorage, Alaska, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program, and American Fisheries Society, Alaska Chapter, p. 64–67.

Gibeaut, J. C., and Davis, R. A., Jr., 1988, Classification of tidal inlets along a mixed energy coast (abs.), in SEPM Annual Midyear Meeting Abstracts: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, v. 5, p. 21.

Gibeaut, J. C., Boothroyd, J. C., and McMaster, R. L., 1987, Beach sedimentation cycles (1962–1985) along a microtidal wave-dominated coast: south shore of Rhode Island (abs.), in SEPM Annual Midyear Meeting Abstracts: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, v. 4, p. 30.

Gibeaut, J. C., McMaster, R. L., and Boothroyd, J. C., 1986, Beach profile variation (1962–1985) along a microtidal wave-dominated coast: south shore of Rhode Island (abs.): Geological Society of America, Northeast Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 1, p. 18.

Boothroyd, J. C., Gibeaut, J. C., Dacey, M. F., Grant, J. A., Blais, A. G., Pickart, D. S., Gricus, C., and Szak, C., 1986, The geological impact of Hurricane Gloria: south shore of Rhode Island (abs.): Geological Society of America, Northeast Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 1, p. 5.

Contract Reports
Gibeaut, J. C. and Hepner, T. L., 2007, Town of South Padre Island Sand-Search Desktop Study: Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi; Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin: final report prepared for the Texas General Land Office, September 30, 2007, 17 p.

Collins, E. W., Tremblay, T. A., Gibeaut, J. C., Waldinger, R. L., White, W. A., Raney, J. A., Smyth, R. C., Hepner, T. A., Andrews, J. R., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 2006, Summary report for the 2005– 2006 STATEMAP Project: geologic mapping to support improved database development and understanding of urban corridors, critical aquifers, and special areas of environmental concern in Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for U.S. Geological Survey, under cooperative agreement no. 05HQAG0046, 20 p. + maps.

Hepner, Tiffany, and Gibeaut, J. C., 2006, Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program: Ball, Port Aransas, and Port Isabel High Schools, 2005–2006: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for Texas Coastal Coordination Council, pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA04NOS4190058, 43 p.

Gibeaut, J. C., 2005, Patterns of shoreline change and hurricane washover on barrier islands: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Office of Earth Science, under NASA Grant No. NAG 5-7660, variably paginated.

Virtual Barrier Island

Welcome to "A Virtual Tour of Texas Gulf Coast Barrier Islands" website. The Bureau of Economic Geology along with the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, has developed a 3-D virtual model of the Gulf of Mexico and Texas coastal environments for use in the classroom and for the general public to explore how relative sea level change rise, caused by climate change and other causes, may impact the coastal zone.

http://www.beg.utexas.edu/coastal/thscmp/vbi.htm