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dc.contributor.authorMiles, Jonathon
dc.contributor.authorThorpe, A
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-09T22:29:58Z
dc.date.available2016-09-09T22:29:58Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-14
dc.identifier.issn0378-3839
dc.identifier.otherC
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/5428
dc.descriptionpublisher: Elsevier articletitle: Bedform contributions to cross-shore sediment transport on a dissipative beach journaltitle: Coastal Engineering articlelink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2015.01.007 content_type: article copyright: Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Field measurements of hydrodynamics, suspended sediment transport rates and bedform sediment transport rates were made in the intertidal section of a dissipative sandy beach (D50. =. 0.26. mm, slope. =. 1/80) at Perranporth (UK). Pressure transducers, acoustic Doppler velocimeters, optical backscatter sensors and an acoustic sand ripple profiler were deployed for 12 tides, measuring in a range of wave heights from 0.5 to 2.2. m, water depths from 1 to 6. m, and in current strengths up to 0.4. m/s. Data were analysed in terms of the distance to shore (x) normalised by the surf zone width (xs), and spanned the region 0.4. <. x/xs. <. 3. Bedform heights up to 30. cm and wavelengths 0.5 to 2.7. m were recorded. Maximum wavelengths were observed just shoreward of the breakpoint. Bedforms were classified as sub-orbital, vortex ripples. Bedform migration was mostly onshore directed, and correlated with positive (onshore) wave skewness. Migration rates increased through the shoaling zone to a maximum of 1.5. cm/min just shoreward of the breakpoint (x/xs. =. 0.8). The bedform component of sediment transport was generally onshore directed, and maximum just shoreward of the breakpoint (0.021. kg/m/s). Point measurements showed that the cross-shore suspended sediment transport 25. cm above the bed was dominated by the mean component, with an offshore directed maximum at x/xs. =. 0.5. Contributions to onshore transport were only made by the incident wave (gravity band) component. The total depth integrated suspended sediment transport was offshore directed and maximum in the mid surf zone (-. 0.16. kg/m/s). The depth integrated suspended sediment transport dominated over the bedform sediment transport in the inner to mid surf zone (x/xs. <. 0.5) and in the outer shoaling zone (x/xs. >. 1.5). The fractional contribution of the shoreward directed bedform transport to the total absolute transport was up to 100%, and occurred broadly in the region of the breakpoint (0.5. <. x/xs. <. 1.5). However, spatial averaging in the cross-shore indicated that a more realistic bedform contribution was up to 15% of the transport, with a maximum at x/xs. =. 0.9. Results from this dissipative beach experiment generally agree with previous findings on intermediate beaches, steep beaches, and offshore sandbars.

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dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.titleBedform contributions to cross-shore sediment transport on a dissipative beach
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
plymouth.volume98
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalCoastal Engineering
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.coastaleng.2015.01.007
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dcterms.dateAccepted2015-01-28
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rioxxterms.funderNatural Environment Research Council
rioxxterms.identifier.projectDynamics of Rip currents and Implications for Beach Safety (DRIBS)
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1016/j.coastaleng.2015.01.007
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plymouth.funderDynamics of Rip currents and Implications for Beach Safety (DRIBS)::Natural Environment Research Council
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