Correlation Between Shoreline Change and Planform Curvature on Wave‐Dominated, Sandy Coasts

Shoreline Change Patterns in Sandy

12 13 Coastal changes on sandy shorelines are continuous and occur at diverse spatial and 14 temporal scales. Gaining knowledge on beach change processes increases our capability 15 to manage risks affecting the increasing population living in coastal areas, especially 16 shoreline erosion. Processes and factors involved in mediumand short-term beach 17 changes depend on the morphological and d...

Assessing climate change impacts on open sandy coasts: A review

Article history: Received 2 April 2016 Received in revised form 21 July 2016 Accepted 25 July 2016 Available online 1 August 2016 The world's coastlines are shaped by mean sea level, wave conditions, storm surge, and riverflows. Climate change (CC) driven variations in these environmental forcings will inevitably have a profound effect on the coastal zone. Given the continued growth of coastal ...

Study of the Correlation between the Mapped Shoreline - Change and Shoreline

This paper presents the results of studying the correlation between the mapped shoreline-change and shoreline-curvature based on a new concept called shoreline-segment orientation. Shoreline mapping provides a means of monitoring shoreline-change, which is very essential for coastal planning and decision making. When we represent the mapped shorelines in the geographic database, a curved shorel...

Coastal storm characterization and morphological impacts on sandy coasts

The present work deals with storm classification, using the Storm Power Index, and beach morphological response to storm events in the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Spain). Over the 1958–2001 period, 377 events divided into five classes ranging from ‘weak’ to ‘extreme’ were characterized. Classes I (weak) and II (moderate) accounted for 60% and 23% of events, respectively. Class III (significant), were 9% ...

Tidal Flats, Muddy Seafloors, Sandy Coasts, and Inlets