HYDRAULICS OF TIDAL INLETS ON SANDY COASTS

Tidal Flats, Muddy Seafloors, Sandy Coasts, and Inlets

Engineering of Tidal Inlets and Morphologic Consequences

Tidal inlets are part of the coastal sediment-sharing system, and an inlet will modify the nearshore and estuary morphology, as well as the up-drift and down-drift beaches. Morphologic response to an inlet varies over several time and spatial scales. This chapter discusses inlet morphology and related functional design considerations that must balance navigation and shoreprotection requirements...

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 ...

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% ...

Predictions of Bedforms in Tidal Inlets and River Mouths

s and Presentations Gallagher, E.L., Computer Simulations of Megaripples in the Nearshore. Abstract and Presentation atthe International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Santander Spain, July 2012. Gallagher, E.L., Computer Simulations of Bedforms. Presentation at the ONR Program Review,Denver CO, September 2012. Peer-reviewed Publications Gallagher, Edith L. (2011) Computer simulatio...