Hydrodynamic variability on megatidal beaches, Normandy, France

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 563-586

  Levoy, Franck ^a   Monfort, Olivier ^a   Larsonneur, Claude ^a  

^a Laboratoire Morphodynamique Continentale et Cotiere   (France)

Author keywords

Beaches; Large tidal range; Shoreface; Tide and wave induced currents

Indexed keywords

BEACH; HYDRODYNAMICS; LONGSHORE CURRENT;

BEACH; LONGSHORE CURRENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; TIDAL RANGE;

FRANCE;

EID: 0035089065     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(00)00128-X     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Plankton transfers and coastal fronts in the Dover Straits
2. Atlas des composantes harmoniques de la marée dans la Manche
3. Variation in subaerial beach sediment volume on a small sandy beach over a monthly lunar tidal cycle
4. Tidal asymmetry in suspended sand transport on a macrotidal intermediate beach
5. What is a wave-dominated coast?
6. Modelling sand transport and profile evolution on macrotidal beaches
7. Morphological effect of spring-neap tidal variations on macrotidal beaches
8. Sand transport on macrotidal beaches
9. Energetics prediction of frequency-dependent suspended sand transport rates on a macrotidal beach
10. Numerical experiments with gravity and infragravity waves on a macro-tidal beach profile
11. Sediment dynamics on a macrotidal beach: Isle of Man, U. K.
12. Beach research in the 1990s
13. Quantitative approaches to coastal sediment processes: Field measurements to estimate sediment transport in a high-energy coastal area
14. Quantification of longshore transport in the surf zone on macrotidal beaches - Field experiments along the western coast of Cotentin (Normandy, France)
15. The effect of tide range on beach morphodynamics and morphology: A conceptual beach model
16. Morphodynamics of meso- and macrotidal beaches: Examples from central Queensland, Australia
17. Ridge and runnel beach morphodynamics: An example from the central east coast of Ireland
18. Origin and generation of waves
19. What's in a name? - Descriptive or genetic implications of "ridge and runnel" topography
20. Sand transport paths around the British isles resulting from M2 and M4 tidal interactions
21. The M4 tide in the English Channel derived from a non-linear numerical model of the M2 tide
22. Tidal mixing in the Channel Isles Region derived from the results of remote sensing and measurements
23. Mechanisms for beach erosion during storms
24. Macro-meso tidal beach morphodynamics - An overview
25. Morphology and hydrodynamics of a macrotidal ridge and runnel beach under modal low wave conditions
26. An energetic approach for suspended sand transport on macrotidal ridge and runnel beaches
27. Measuring and modelling sediment transport on a macrotidal ridge and runnel beach: An intercomparison
28. Morphodynamics of a macrotidal beach