DocumentCode :
2932485
Title :
Erosion and accretion waves from Oceanside Harbor
Author :
Inman, Douglas L. ; Jenkins, Scott A.
Author_Institution :
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA
fYear :
1985
fDate :
12-14 Nov. 1985
Firstpage :
591
Lastpage :
593
Abstract :
Coastal structures that interrupt the longshore transport of sand along beaches cause erosion. The erosion "event" travels downcoast as an erosion wave with speeds of about 2 km/yr (1.2 mi/yr). Alternatively, the placement of large quantities of dredge spoil on the beach, and the natural deposition of flood deposits from rivers, initiate accretion waves that also travel downcoast. The presence of erosion/accretion waves traveling down the coast causes local cycles of erosion/accretion on downcoast beaches.
Keywords :
Boats; Cooling; Floods; Monitoring; Power generation; Rivers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '85 - Ocean Engineering and the Environment
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1985.1160252
Filename :
1160252
Link To Document :
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