Shoreface morphodynamics of a high-energy, steep and geologically constrained shoreline segment in Northern Ireland

Marine Geology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 94-106

  Backstrom, J T ^a   Jackson, D W T ^a   Cooper, J A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antecedent morphology; headland embayment; North Atlantic; sediment transport; shoreface; storms

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT MORPHOLOGY; AVERAGE ENERGIES; BATHYMETRIC SURVEYS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; HEADLAND-EMBAYMENT; HIGH ENERGIES; MORPHODYNAMIC RESPONSE; MORPHODYNAMICS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN IRELAND; RESPONSE MECHANISMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESS; SHOREFACE; WIND FORCING;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BATHYMETRY; BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; STORMS;

EROSION;

ACCRETION; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE; STORM; WIND FORCING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58949103651     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Aagaard T., Davidson-Arnott R.G.D., Greenwood B., and Nielsen J. Sediment supply from shoreface to dunes: linking sediment transport measurements and long-term morphological evolution. Geomorph. 60 (2004) 205-224
2. Amos C.L., Li M.Z., Chiocci F.L., La Monica G.B., Cappucci S., King E.H., and Corbani F. Origin of shore-normal channels from the shoreface of Sable Island, Canada. J. Geophys. Res. C3 (2003) 3094 10.1029/2001JC001259
3. Backstrom, J.T., 2007. Contemporary morphodynamics of high-energy shorefaces. University of Ulster, Unpublished D.Phil Thesis, 187 p.
4. Backstrom J.T., Jackson D.W.T., and Cooper J.A.G. Shoreface dynamics of two high-energy beaches in Northern Ireland. J. Coast. Res. SI 50 (2007) 594-598
5. Betts N.L. Climate. In: Cruickshank J.G., and Wilcock D.N. (Eds). Northern Ireland Environment and Natural Resources. Queens University of Belfast and the New University of Ulster (1982) 9-42
6. Bruun P. Coast erosion and the development of beach profiles. Beach Erosion Board, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Technical Memorandum, no. 44 (1954) 82 pp.
7. Bruun P. Sea-level rise as a cause of shore erosion. J. Waterw. Harb. Div., ASCE 88 (1962) 117-130
8. Carter R.W.G. Sea-level changes in Northern Ireland. Proc. Geol. Assoc. 93 (1982) 7-23
9. Carter R.W.G. Coastal Environments (1988), Academic Press, London
10. Carter R.W.G. Shifting sands: a study of the coast of Northern Ireland from Magilligan to Larne (1991), Department of the Environment, Belfast
11. Cooper J.A.G., and Pilkey O.H. Alternatives to the mathematical modelling of beaches. J. Coast. Res. 20 (2004) 641-644
12. Cooper J.A.G., Kelley J.T., Belknap D.F., Quinn R., and McKenna J. Inner shelf seismic stratigraphy off the north coast of Northern Ireland: new data on the depth of the Holocene lowstand. Mar. Geol. 186 (2002) 369-387
13. Cowell P.J., and Thom B.G. Morphodynamics of coastal evolution. In: Carter R.W.G., and Woodroffe C.D. (Eds). Coastal Evolution: Late Quaternary Shoreline Morphodynamics (1994), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 33-86
14. Cowell P.J., Hanslow D.J., and Meleo J. The Shoreface. In: Short A.D. (Ed). Handbook of Beach and Shoreface Morphodynamics (1999), John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester 39-71
15. Cowell P.J., Stive M.J.F., Roy P.S., Kaminsky G.M., Buijsman M.C., Thom B.G., and Wright L.D. Shoreface sand supply to beaches. Proceedings ICCE 2000 (2001), ASCE, New York 2495-2508
16. Dean R. Equilibrium beach profiles: characteristics and applications. J. Coast. Res. 7 (1991) 53-84
17. Field M.E., and Roy P.S. Offshore transport and sand body formation: evidence from a steep, high energy shoreface, Southeastern Australia. J. Sediment. Petrol. 54 (1984) 1292-1302
18. Finkl C.W. Leaky valves in littoral sediment budgets: loss of nearshore sand to deep offshore zones via chutes in barrier-reef systems, southeast coast of Florida, USA. J. Coast. Res. 20 (2004) 605-611
19. Frihy O.E., Hassan M.S., Deabes E.A., Badr A., and El Moniem A. Seasonal wave changes and the morphodynamic response of the beach-inner shelf of Abu Qir Bay, Mediterranean coast, Egypt. Mar. Geol (2007) 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.09.001
20. Hequette A., and Hill P.R. Storm-generated currents and offshore sediment transport on a sandy shoreface, Tibjak Beach, Canadian Beaufort Sea. Mar. Geol. 113 (1993) 283-304
21. Hequette A., DesRosiers M., Hill P.R., and Forbes D.L. The influence of coastal morphology on shoreface sediment transport under storm-combined flows, Canadian Beaufort Sea. J. Coast. Res. 17 (2001) 507-516
22. Jackson D.W.T., Cooper J.A.G., and Del Rio L. Geological control of beach morphodynamic state. Mar. Geol. 216 (2005) 297-314
23. Kelley J.T., Cooper J.A.G., Jackson D.W.T., Belknap D.F., and Quinn R.J. Sea-level change and inner shelf stratigraphy off Northern Ireland. Mar. Geol. 232 (2006) 1-15
24. Lee G., Nicholls R.J., and Birkemeier W.A. Storm-driven variability of the beach-nearshore profile at Duck, North Carolina, USA, 1981-1991. Mar. Geol. 148 (1998) 163-177
25. Leeder M.R. Sedimentology: Process and Product (1982), George Allen and Unwin, London
26. Nicholls R.J., Birkemeier W.A., and Lee G. Evaluation of depth of closure using data from Duck, NC, USA. Mar. Geol. 148 (1998) 179-201
27. Niedoroda A.W., and Swift D.J.P. Shoreface processes. In: Herbich J.B. (Ed). Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering vol. 2 (1981), Gulf Publishing, Houston 736-769
28. Niedoroda A.W., Swift D.J.P., and Hopkins T.S. The shoreface. In: Davis R.A. (Ed). Coastal Sedimentary Environments (1985), Springer, New York 533-624
29. Orford, J.D., Betts, N., Cooper, J.A.G., and Smith, B.J., 2007. Future Coastal Scenarios for Northern Ireland. Unpublished report for the National Trust.
30. Pearson D.R., and Riggs S.R. Relationship of surface sediments on the lower forebeach and nearshore shelf to beach nourishment at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Shore Beach 49 (1981) 26-31
31. Riggs S.R., Cleary W.J., and Snyder S.W. Influence of inherited geologic framework on barrier shoreface morphology and dynamics. Mar. Geol. 126 (1995) 213-234
32. Roy P.S., Cowell P.J., Ferland M.A., and Thom B.G. Wave dominated coasts. In: Carter R.W.G., and Woodroffe C.D. (Eds). Coastal Evolution: Late Quaternary Shoreline Morphodynamics (1994), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 33-86
33. Shephard F.P. Beach cycles in Southern California. Beach Erosion Board Technical Memorandum No. 20 (1950), U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS 121 pp.
34. Smith J.D., and Hopkins T.S. Sediment transport on the continental shelf off of Washington and Oregon in light of recent current measurements. Shelf Sediment Transport: Process and Pattern, Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania (1972), Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Inc. 143-180
35. Snedden J.W., Nummedal D., and Amos A.F. Storm- and fair-weather combined flow on the central Texas continental shelf. J. Sediment. Petrol. 58 (1988) 580-595
36. Thieler E.R., Brill A.R., Cleary W.J., Hobbs C.H., and Gammisch R.A. Geology of the Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina shoreface; implications for the concept of shoreface profile of equilibrium. Mar. Geol. 126 (1995) 271-287
37. Thieler E.R., Pilkey O.H., Cleary W.J., and Schwab W.C. Modern sedimentation on the shoreface and inner continental shelf at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, USA. J. Sediment. Res. 71 6 (2001) 958-970
38. Thom B.G., and Hall W. Behaviour of beach profiles during accretion and erosion dominated periods. Earth Surf. Process. Landf. 16 (1991) 113-127
39. Wright L.D., and Short A.D. Morphodynamic variability of surf zones and beaches: a synthesis. Mar. Geol. 56 (1984) 93-118
40. Wright L.D., Boon J.D., Kim S.C., and List J.H. Modes of cross-shore sediment transport on the shoreface of the Middle Atlantic Bight. Mar. Geol. 96 (1991) 19-51