Swash zone sediment transport, step dynamics and morphological response on a gravel beach

Marine Geology

Volumn 274, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 50-68

  Masselink, Gerhard ^a   Russell, Paul ^a   Blenkinsopp, Chris ^b   Turner, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Berm; Gravel beach; Sediment advection; Step; Swash zone

Indexed keywords

BEACH SEDIMENTS; FIELD DATA; MEAN FLOW; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SEDIMENT LOSS; STEP; STEP DYNAMICS; SURF ZONES; SWASH ZONE; SWELL CONDITIONS; WAVE CONDITIONS; WIND WAVE;

ADVECTION; BUDGET CONTROL; GRAVEL; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDES; WAVES;

BEACHES;

ACCRETION; ADVECTION; BEACH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BERM; EASTERLY WAVE; GRAVEL; INFILTRATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE RUNUP;

DEVON; ENGLAND; SLAPTON SANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954861092     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Admiralty Tide Tables United Kingdom and Ireland (including European Channel Ports) 2009, Hydrographic Office, Taunton.
2. Alsina J.M., Falchetti S., Baldock T.E. Measurements and modelling of the advection of suspended sediment in the swash zone by solitary waves. Coastal Engineering 2009, 56(5):621-631.
3. Anfuso G. Sediment-activation depth values for gentle and steep beaches. Marine Geology 2005, 220:101-112.
4. Austin M.J., Buscombe D. Morphological change and sediment dynamics of the beach step on a macrotidal gravel beach. Marine Geology 2008, 249:167-183.
5. Austin M.J., Masselink G. Observations of morphological change and sediment transport on a steep gravel beach. Marine Geology 2006, 229:59-77.
6. Austin M.J., Masselink G. Swash and groundwater interaction on a steep gravel beach. Continental Shelf Research 2006, 26:2503-2519.
7. Baldock T.E., Barnes M.P., Hughes M.G. Field observations of instantaneous cross-shore free surface profiles and flow depths in the swash zone. Proceedings Coastal Dynamics 2005 2005, ASCE (CD-ROM).
8. Baldock T.E., Hughes M.G., Day K., Louys J. Swash overtopping and sediment overwash on a truncated beach. Coastal Engineering 2005, 52:633-645.
9. Blenkinsopp, C.E. Turner, I.L., Masselink, G., and Russell, P.E., submitted for publication. Swash zone sediment fluxes: Part 1 - Field observations. submitted for publication to Coastal Engineering.
10. Blenkinsopp C.E., Turner I.L., Masselink G., Russell P.E. Field measurements of net sediment flux from individual swashes on a sandy beach. Proceedings Coastal Dynamics 2009 2009, ASCE (CD-ROM).
11. Brocchini M., Baldock T.E. Recent advances in modeling swash zone dynamics: influence of surf-swash interaction on nearshore hydrodynamics and morphodynamics. Reviews on Geophysics 2008, 46:RG3003.
12. Buscombe D., Masselink G. Concepts in gravel beach dynamics. Earth Science Reviews 2006, 79:33-52.
13. Carter R.W.G., Orford J.D. The morphodynamics of coarse clastic beaches and barriers: a short- and long-term perspective. Journal of Coastal Research 1993, (Special Issue No.15):158-179.
14. Degryse Kulkarni C.D., Levoy F., Montfort O., Miles J. Morphological variations of a mixed sediment beachface (Teignmouth, UK). Continental Shelf Research 2004, 24(11):1203-1218.
15. Ferreira O., Ciavola P., Taborda R., Bairros M., Dias J.A. Sediment mixing depth determination for steep and gentle foreshores. Journal of Coastal Research 2000, 16:830-839.
16. Greenwood B., Hale P.B. Depth of activity, sediment flux, and morphological change in a barred nearshore environment. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-10 1980, 89-109. S.B. McCann (Ed.).
17. Hails J.R. Offshore morphology and sediment distribution, Start Bay. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1975, 279:221-228.
18. Hughes M.G., Cowell P.J. Adjustment of reflective beaches to waves. Journal of Coastal Research 1987, 3:153-167.
19. Hughes M.G., Aagaard T., Baldock T.E. Suspended sediment in the swash zone: heuristic analysis of spatial and temporal variations in concentration. Journal of Coastal Research 2007, 23:1345-1354.
20. Hughes M.G., Mosely A.S. Hydrokinematic regions within the swash zone. Continental Shelf Research 2007, 27:2000-2013.
21. Ivamy M.C., Kench P.S. Hydrodynamics and morphological adjustment of a mixed sand and gravel beach, Torere, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Marine Geology 2006, 228:137-152.
22. Jennings R., Shulmeister J. A field based classification scheme for gravel beaches. Marine Geology 2002, 186:211-228.
23. Komar P.D. Beach Processes and Sedimentation 1998, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
24. Larson M., Sunamura T. Laboratory experiment on flow characteristics at a beach step. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 1993, 63:495-500.
25. Masselink G., Puleo J. Swash zone morphodynamics. Continental Shelf Research 2006, 26:661-680.
26. Masselink G., Russell P.E., Turner I.L., Blenkinsopp C.E. Net sediment transport and morphological change in the swash zone of a high-energy sandy beach from swash event to tidal cycle time scales. Marine Geology 2009, 267:18-35.
27. Matsunaga N., Honji H. The backwash vortex. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1980, 99:813-815.
28. Miller R.L., Zeigler J.M. A model relating dynamics and sediment pattern in equilibrium in the region of shoaling waves, breaker zone, and foreshore. Journal of Geology 1958, 66:417-441.
29. Moses C.A., Williams R.B.G. Artificial beach recharge: the south-east England experience. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie 2009, 52(Suppl. 3):107-124.
30. Otvos E.G. Sedimentation-erosion cycles of single tidal periods on Long Island Sound beaches. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 1965, 35:604-609.
31. Pritchard D., Hogg A.J. On the transport of suspended sediment by a swash event on a plane beach. Coastal Engineering 2005, 52:1-23.
32. Ruiz de Alegria-Arzaburu A., Masselink G., Williams J. Storm response and beach rotation on a gravel beach. Proceedings Coastal Dynamics 2009 2009, ASCE (CD-ROM).
33. Sallenger A.H., Richmond B.M. High-frequency sediment level oscillations in the swash zone. Marine Geology 1984, 60:155-164. B. Greenwood, R.A. Davis (Eds.).
34. Strahler A.N. Tidal cycle of changes in an equilibrium beach, Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Journal of Geology 1966, 74:247-268.
35. Turner I.L., Russell P.E., Butt T. Measurement of wave-by-wave bed-levels in the swash zone. Coastal Engineering 2008, 55:1237-1242.
36. Turner I.L., Russell P.E., Butt T., Blenkinsopp C.E., Masselink G. In-situ estimates of net sediment flux per swash: Reply to discussion by TE Baldock of "Measurement of wave-by-wave bed-levels in the swash zone". Coastal Engineering 2009, 56(3):380-381.
37. Waddell E. Swash-groundwater-beach profile interactions. Beach and Nearshore Sedimentation 1976, 115-125. Society of Economic Palaeontologists and Mineralogists, Oklahoma. R.A. Davis, R.L. Ethington (Eds.).