The influence of limestone reefs on storm erosion and recovery of a perched beach

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-27

  Gallop, Shari L ^a   Bosserelle, Cyprien ^a   Eliot, Ian ^b   Pattiaratchi, Charitha B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Damara WA Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beach morphodynamics; Geological framework; Hard bottom beach; Rock platform; Western Australia; Yanchep Lagoon

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL LAGOON; CORAL REEF; LIMESTONE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM SURGE;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84867124806     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Alexandrakis G., Poulos S., Ghionis G., Livaditis G. A morphological study of a reef with beachrock characteristics in associated with the recent evolution of the Ammoudara beach zone (Heraklion, Crete). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 2006, XXXIX/III.
2. Bird E.C.F. Coastline Changes: A Global Review 1985, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK.
3. Black K.P., Andrews C. Sandy shoreline response to offshore obstacles: Part 1. Salient and tombolo geometry and shape. Journal of Coastal Research 2001, 29:82-93. (special issue).
4. Boak E.H., Turner I.L. Shoreline definition and detection: a review. Journal of Coastal Research 2005, 21(4):688-703.
5. Bosserelle, C., Haigh, I.D., Pattiaratchi, C., Gallop, S., 2011. Simulation of perched beach accretion using smoothed particle hydrodynamics. In: Proceedings of Coasts and Ports, Perth, Australia, 29-30 September, 2011.
6. Bosserelle C., Pattiaratchi C., Haigh I.D. Inter-annual variability and longer-term changes in the wave climate of Western Australia between 1970 and 2009. Ocean Dynamics 2012, 62(1):63-76.
7. Brander R.W., Kench P.S., Hart D. Spatial and temporal variations in wave characteristics across a reef platform, Warraber Island, Torres Strait, Australia. Marine Geology 2004, 207:169-184.
8. Chowdhury S.Q., Falzul A.T.M., Hasan H.K. Beachrock in St. Martins Island, Bangladesh: implications of sea level changes on beachrock cementation. Marine Geodesy 1997, 20(1):89-104.
9. Collins L.B. Sediments and history of the Rottnest Shelf, southwestern Australia: a swell dominated, non-tropical carbonate margin. Petrology 1988, 60:15-29.
10. Cowell P.J., Hanslow D.J., Meleo J.F. The shoreface. Handbook of Beach and Shoreface Morphodynamics 1999, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, pp. 39-71. A.D. Short (Ed.).
11. Dalrymple, R.A., Thompson, W.W., 1977. Study of equilibrium beach profiles. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1976, pp. 1277-1296.
12. Dean, R.G., 1973. Heuristic models of sand transport in the surf zone. In: Proceedings of the Conference on Engineering Dynamics in the Surf Zone, Sydney, N.S.W., pp. 208-214.
13. Dean R.G., Chen R., Browder A.E. Full scale monitoring of a submerged breakwater, Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Coastal Engineering 1997, 29:291-315.
14. Department of Defence, 2011. Australian National Tide Tables 2011. Australian Hydrographic Publication, Canberra.
15. Dickinson W.R. Holocene sea-level record on Funafuti and potential impact of global warming on central Pacific Atolls. Quaternary Research 1999, 51:124-132.
16. Doucette, J.S., 2009. Photographic monitoring of erosion and accretion events on a platform beach, Cottosloe, Western Australia. Paper presented at 33rd International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research Biennial Congress, IAHR, Vancouver, Canada.
17. Eliot I.G., Clarke D.J. Minor storm impact on the beachface of a sheltered sandy beach. Marine Geology 1986, 73:61-83.
18. Eversole D., Fletcher C.H. Longshore sediment transport rates on a reef-fronted beach: field data and empirical models Kaanapali Beach, Hawaii. Journal of Coastal Research 2003, 19(3):649-663.
19. Fitzgerald D.M., Van Heteren S., Montello T. Shoreline processes and damage resulting from the Halloween Eve Storm of 1991 along the north and south shores of Massachusetts Bay, USA. Journal of Coastal Research 1994, 10(1):113-132.
20. Frihy O.E., El Ganaini M.A., El Sayed W.R., Iskander M.M. The role of fringing coral reef in beach protection of Hurghada, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea of Egypt. Ecological Engineering 2004, 22:17-25.
21. Gallop, S.L., Bosserelle, C., Pattiaratchi, C.B., Eliot, I., 2011a. Form and function of natural and engineered perched beaches. In: Proceedings of Coasts and Ports, Perth, Australia, 29-30 September, 2011.
22. Gallop S.L., Bosserelle C., Pattiaratchi C.B., Eliot I. Hydrodynamic and morphological response of a perched beach during sea breeze. Journal of Coastal Research 2011, 64:75-79. (special issue).
23. Gallop S.L., Bosserelle C., Pattiaratchi C., Eliot I. Rock topography causes spatial variation in the wave, current and beach response to sea breeze activity. Marine Geology 2011, 290:29-40.
24. Gallop S.L., Verspecht F., Pattiaratchi C. Sea breezes drive currents on the innter continental shelf off southwest Western Australia. Ocean Dynamics 2012, 62:569-583.
25. Jackson L.A., Corbett B., Tomlinson R., Mcgrath J., Stuart G. Narrowneck reef: review of 7 years of monitoring results. Shore and Beach 2007, 75(4):67-79.
26. Kempin G.M. Beach sand movements at Cottosloe, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1953, 37:35-60.
27. Kench P.S., McLean R.F., Brander R.W., Nichol S.L., Smithers S.G., Ford M.R., Parnell K.E., Aslam M. Geological effects of tsunami on mid-ocean atoll islands: the Maldives before and after the Sumatran tsunami. Geology 2006, 34(2):177-180.
28. Larson M., Kraus N.C. Representation of non-erodible (hard) bottoms in beach profile change modelling. Journal of Coastal Research 2000, 16(1):1-14.
29. Lamberti A., Archetti R., Kramer M., Paphitis D., Mosso C., Di Riso M. European experience of low crested structures for coastal management. Coastal Engineering 2005, 52:841-866.
30. Lemm A., Hegge B., Masselink G. Offshore wave climate, Perth (Western Australia), 1994-96. Marine and Freshwater Research 1999, 50(2):92-102.
31. Li, F., Bicknell, C., Lowry, R., 2011. Extreme wave analysis for offshore Perth, 1994-2010. In: Proceedings of Coasts and Ports, Perth, Australia, 29-30 September, 2011.
32. List J.H. Wave groupiness variations in the nearshore. Coastal Engineering 1991, 15:475-496.
33. Masselink G., Pattiaratchi C. The effect of sea breeze on beach morphology, surf zone hydrodynamics and sediment resuspension. Marine Geology 1998, 146:115-135.
34. Masselink G., Pattiaratchi C.B. Seasonal changes in beach morphology along the sheltered coastline of Perth, Western Australia. Marine Geology 2001, 172:243-263.
35. Morton R.A., McKenna K.K. Analysis and projection of erosion hazard areas in Brazoria and Galveston Counties, Texas. Journal of Coastal Research 1999, 28:106-120. (special issue).
36. Mossa, J., Nakashima, L.D., 1989. Change along a seawall and natural beaches: Fourchon, LA. Coastal Zone '89. ASCE, South. Carolina, pp. 3723-3727.
37. Muñoz-Perez J.J., Medina R. Comparison of long-, medium- and short-term variations of beach profiles with and without submerged geological control. Coastal Engineering 2010, 57:241-251.
38. Murphy, P., 2011. A study of a shoreline salient formed due to a limestone reef at Yanchep Lagoon, Western Australia. Honours Dissertation. The University of Plymouth, UK, unpublished.
39. Pattiaratchi C.B., Hegge B., Gould J., Eliot I. Impact of sea-breeze activity on nearshore and foreshore processes in southwestern Australia. Continental Shelf Research 1997, 17(13):1539-1560.
40. Pattiaratchi C.B., Eliot, M., 2009. Sea level variability in south-west Australia: from hours to decades. Coastal Engineering. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE, Hamburg, pp. 1186-1198.
41. Péquignet A.C.N., Becker J.M., Merrifield M.A., Aucan J. Forcing of resonant modes on a fringing reef during tropical storm Man-Yi. Geophysical Research Letters 2009, 36(3):L03607. 10.1029/2008gl036259.
42. Ranasinghe R., Turner I. Shoreline response to submerged structures: a review. Coastal Engineering 2006, 53:65-79.
43. Rey D., Rubio B., Bernabeu A.M., Vilas F. Formation, exposure, and evolution of a high-latitude beachrock in the intertidal zone of the Corrubedo complex (Ria de Arousa, Galicia, NW Spain). Sedimentary Geology 2004, 169:93-105.
44. Sanderson P., Eliot I.G. Shoreline salients, cuspate forelands and tombolos on the coast of Western Australia. Journal of Coastal Research 1996, 12:761-773.
45. Sanderson P., Eliot I., Hegge B., Maxwell S. Regional variation of coastal morphology in southwestern Australia: a synthesis. Geomorphology 2000, 31(1-2):73-88.
46. Searle P., Semeniuk V. The natural sectors of the inner Rottnest shelf coast adjoining the Swan coastal plain. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1985, 67(3-4):116-136.
47. Semeniuk V., Johnson D.P. Recent and pleisotocene beach/dune sequences, Western Australia. Sedimentary Geology 1982, 32:301-328.
48. Short A.D. Wave-dominated beaches. Handbook of Beach and Shoreface Morphodynamics 1999, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, pp. 173-203. A.D. Short (Ed.).
49. Short A.D., Masselink G. Embayed and structurally controlled beaches. Handbook of Beach and Shoreface Morphodynamics 1999, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, pp. 230-250. A.D. Short (Ed.).
50. Spalding M.D., Grenfell A.M. New estimates of global and regional coral reef areas. Coral Reefs 1997, 16:225-230.
51. Taebi S., Lowe R.J., Pattiaratchi C.B., Ivey G.N., Symonds G., Brinkman R. Nearshore circulation in a tropical fringing reef systems. Journal of Geophysical Research 2011, 116. 10.1029/2010JC006439.
52. US Army Corps of Engineers, C.E.R.C., 1984. Shore protection manual. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
53. Verspecht F., Pattiaratchi C. On the significance of wind event frequency for particulate resuspension and light attenuation in coastal waters. Continental Shelf Research 2010, 30:1971-1982.
54. Vitousek M.J. The tsunami of 22 May 1960 in French Polynesia. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 1963, 53:1229-1236.
55. Vousdoukas M.I., Velegrakis A.F., Karambas T.V. Morphology and sedimentology of a microtidal beach with bedrocks: Vatera, Lesbos, NE Mediterranean. Continental Shelf Research 2009, 29(16):1937-1947.
56. Vousdoukas M.I., Velegrakis A.F., Plomaritis T.A. Beachrock occurrence, characteristics, formation mechanism and impacts. Earth-Science Reviews 2007, 85:23-46.
57. Walton, T.L., Sensabaugh, W., 1979. Seawall de-sign on the open coast. Florida Sea Grant College. Report no. 29.
58. Weggel J.R. Seawalls: the need for research, dimensional considerations and a suggested classification. Journal of Coastal Research 1988, 4:19-39. (special issue).
59. Wright L.D., Short A.D. Morphodynamic variability of surfzones and beaches: a synthesis. Marine Geology 1984, 56:93-118.
60. Wright L.D., Short A.D., Green M.O. Short-term changes in the morphodynamic states of beaches and surf zones: an empirical predictive model. Marine Geology 1985, 62:339-364.
61. Yamano H., Kayanne H., Chikamori M. An overview of the nature and dynamics of reef islands. Global Environmental Research 2005, 9(1):9-20.
62. Young I.R. Wave transformation over coral reefs. Journal of Geophysical Research 1989, 94(C7):9779-9789.