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Sand Dunes
+ 1 A Look at Sand Dunes
+ 2 Management Planning
+ 3 Coastlands and the Law
+ 4 Safety, Equipment and Organisation
- 5 Dune Profiling and Stabilisation
Introduction
Wave Barriers
Contouring
Fencing
Fencing Materials and Techniques
+ 6 Access Management
+ 7 Vegetation Establishment
+ 8 Vegetation Management
+ 9 Dune Wildlife
+ Appendix A - Conservation and the volunteer worker
+ Appendix B - Site Studies and Surveys
+ Appendix C - The Seashore Code
+ Appendix D - Contacts
+ Appendix E - Bibliography
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Book: Sand Dunes Sand Dunes
Chapter: 5 Dune Profiling and Stabilisation
Section: Introduction
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This chapter covers techniques of re-contouring dunes using machines, the construction of wave barriers and sand-trap fencing, and the use of thatching, mulching and binding to stabilise unvegetated surfaces. For the principles of dune stabilisation see the chapter on Management Planning.


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