Suspended sediment in the swash zone: Heuristic analysis of spatial and temporal variations in concentration

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1345-1354

  Hughes, Michael G ^a   Aagaard, Troels ^b   Baldock, Tom E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beach morphodynamics; Numerical models; Sediment transport; Suspended sediment; Swash; Wave runup

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; FLOW VELOCITY; HEURISTICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 34548588885     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/05-0531.1     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. AAGAARD, T. and HUGHES, M.G., 2006. Sediment suspension and turbulence in the swash zone of dissipative beaches. Marine Geology, 228, 117-135.
2. ALSINA, J.M., BALDOCK, T.E., HUGHES, M.G., WEIR, F. and SIERRA, J.P., 2007. Sediment transport numerical modeling in the swash zone. In: Coastal Dynamics 05. Barcelona, Spain: ASCE. In press.
3. BAGNOLD, R.A., 1963. Mechanics of marine sedimentation. In: HILL, M.N. (ed.), The Sea - Ideas and Observations. New York: Wiley, pp. 507-528.
4. BAGNOLD, R.A., 1966. An Approach to the Sediment Transport Problem from General Physics. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper, 422-I, 37p.
5. BALDOCK, T.E. and HOLMES, P., 1997. Swash hydrodynamics on a steep beach. In: Thornton, E.B. (ed.), Coastal Dynamics '97, Virginia: ASCE, pp. 784-793.
6. BALDOCK, T.E. and HUGHES, M.G., 2006. Field observations of instantaneous water slopes and horizontal pressure gradients in the swash. Continental Shelf Research, 26, 574-588.
7. BALDOCK, T.E.; HUGHES, M.G.; DAY, K., and LOUYS, J., 2005. Swash overtopping and sediment overwash on a truncated beach. Coastal Engineering, 52, 633-645.
8. BALDOCK, T.E.; TOMKINS, M.R.; NIELSEN, P., and HUGHES, M.G., 2004. Settling velocity of sediments at high concentrations. Coastal Engineering, 51, 91-100.
9. BUTT, T.; RUSSELL, P., and TURNER, I., 2001. The influence of swash infiltration-exfiltration on beach face sediment transport: onshore or offshore? Coastal Engineering, 42, 35-52.
10. BUTT, T.; RUSSELL, P.; PULEO, J.; MILES, J., and MASSELINK, G., 2004. The influence of bore turbulence on sediment transport in the swash and inner surf zones. Continental Shelf Research, 24, 757-771.
11. CONLEY, D.C. and GRIFFIN, J.G., Jr., 2004. Direct measurements of bed stress under swash in the field. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi:10.1029/2003JC001899.
12. COWEN, E.A.; SOU, I.M.; LIU, P.L-F, and RAUBENHEIMER, B., 2003. Particle image velocimetry measurements within a laboratory-generated swash zone. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 129, 1119-1129.
13. COX, D.T. and KOBAYASHI, N., 2000. Identification of intense, intermittent coherent motions under shoaling and breaking waves. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 14223-14236.
14. ELFRINK, B. and BALDOCK, T., 2002. Hydrodynamics and sediment transport in the swash zone: a review and perspectives. Coastal Engineering, 45, 149-167.
15. ELGAR, S.; RAUBENHEIMER, B., and GUZA, R.T., 2001. Current meter performance in the surf zone. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 18, 1735-1746.
16. FREEMAN, J.C. and LEMEHAUTE, B., 1964. Wave breakers on a beach and surges on a dry bed. Journal of the Hydraulics Division, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 90, 187-216.
17. HOLLAND, K.T. and PULEO, J.A., 2001. Variable swash motions associated with foreshore profile change. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 4613-4623.
18. HUGHES, M.G., 1992. Application of a non-linear shallow water theory to swash following bore collapse on a sandy beach. Journal of Coastal Research, 8, 562-578.
19. HUGHES, M.G. and BALDOCK, T.E., 2004. Eulerian flow velocities in the swash zone: field data and model predictions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C08009, doi:10.1029/2003JC002213.
20. HUGHES, M.G., MASSELINK, G. and BRANDER, R., 1997a. Flow velocity and sediment transport in the swash zone of a steep beach. Marine Geology, 138, 91-103.
21. HUGHES, M.G., MASSELINK, G., HANSLOW, D.J. and MITCHELL, D.M., 1997b. Toward a better understanding of swash zone sediment transport. In: Thornton, E.B. (ed.), Coastal Dynamics 97, Virginia: ASCE, pp. 804-814.
22. JACKSON, N. L.; MASSELINK, G., and NORDSTROM, K.F., 2004. The role of bore collapse and local shear stresses on the spatial distribution of sediment load in the uprush of an intermediate-state beach. Marine Geology, 203, 109-118.
23. KIRKGÖZ, M.S., 1981. A theoretical study of plunging breakers and their run-up. Coastal Engineering, 5, 353-370.
24. MASSELINK, G. and HUGHES, M.G., 1998. Field investigation of sediment transport in the swash zone. Continental Shelf Research, 18, 1179-1199.
25. MASSELINK, G.; EVANS, D.; HUGHES, M.G., and RUSSELL, P., 2005. Suspended sediment transport in the swash zone of a dissipative beach. Marine Geology, 216, 169-189.
26. MEYER-PETER, E. and MÜLLER, R., 1948. Formulas for bed-load transport. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Congress of the International Association for Hydraulics Structures Research, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 39-64.
27. NIELSEN, P., 1992. Coastal Bottom Boundary Layers and Sediment Transport. Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering, Volume 4. Singapore: World Scientific, 324p.
28. NIELSEN, P., 2002. Shear stress and sediment transport calculations for swash zone modeling. Coastal Engineering, 45, 53-60.
29. OSBORNE, P.D. and ROOKER, G.A., 1999. Sand resuspension events in a high-energy infragravity swash zone. Journal of Coastal Research, 15, 74-86.
30. PEREGRINE, D.H. and WILLIAMS, S.M., 2001. Swash overtopping a truncated plane beach. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 440, 391-399.
31. PETTI, M. and LONGO, S., 2001. Turbulence experiments in the swash zone. Coastal Engineering, 43, 1-24.
32. PRITCHARD, D. and HOGG, A.J., 2005. On the transport of suspended sediment by a swash event on a plane beach. Coastal Engineering, 52, 1-23.
33. PULEO, J.A.; BEACH, R.A.; HOLMAN, R.A., and ALLEN, J.S., 2000. Swash zone sediment suspension and transport and the importance of bore-generated turbulence. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 17021-17044.
34. PULEO, J.A.; HOLLAND, K.T.; PLANT, N.G.; SLINN, D.N., and HANES, D.M., 2003. Fluid acceleration effects on suspended sediment transport in the swash zone. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, doi:10.1029/2003JC001943.
35. RAUBENHEIMER, B.; ELGAR, S., and GUZA, R.T., 2004. Observations of swash zone velocities: a note on friction coefficients. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2003JC001877.
36. SCHLICHTING, H., 1979. Boundary-Layer Theory. Translated by J. Kestin. 7th edition. New York: McGraw Hill, 817p.
37. SHEN, M.C. and MEYER, R.E., 1963. Climb of a bore on a beach - part 3. Run-up. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 16, 113-125.
38. SOULSBY, R., 1997. Dynamics of Marine Sands. A Manual for Practical Applications. London: Thomas Telford, 249p.
39. TING, F.C.K. and KIRBY, J.T., 1994. Observation of undertow and turbulence in a laboratory surf zone. Coastal Engineering, 24, 51-80.
40. TURNER, I.L. and MASSELINK, G., 1998. Swash infiltration-exfiltration and sediment transport. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 30813-30824.
41. WEIR, F.M.; HUGHES, M.G., and BALDOCK, T.E., 2006. Beachface and berm morphodynamics fronting a coastal lagoon. Geomorphology, 82, 331-346.
42. WRIGHT, L.D. and SHORT, A.D. 1984. Morphodynamic variability of surf zones and beaches; a synthesis. Marine Geology, 56, 93-118.
43. YEH, H.H. and GHAZALI, A. 1988. On bore collapse. Journal of Geophysical Research, 93, 6930-6936.