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Littoral drift barriers and the problem of proving accelerated recession

Littoral drift barriers and the problem of proving accelerated recession
Littoral drift barriers and the problem of proving accelerated recession
A barrier to longshore drift has the potential to cause downdrift erosion. Understanding this problem means that any new construction of a groyne field or breakwater should be accompanied by monitoring to record changes in beach volumes and profiles as well potential erosion of the coastline. In the past, such care may not have happened, especially in those cases involving boundaries between authorities responsible for the coast, or where the ground liable to be eroded was not considered to be of high value. This paper proposes a way by which previous groyne construction, or other coastal works, may be deemed responsible for increasing the rate of erosion beyond a value which could be ascribed to being the result of a natural variation in recession rate
9-12
Springer
Barton, M.E.
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Brown, S.
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Lollino, G.
Manconi, A.
Locat, J.
Huang, Y.
Canals Artigas, M.
Barton, M.E.
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Brown, S.
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Lollino, G.
Manconi, A.
Locat, J.
Huang, Y.
Canals Artigas, M.

Barton, M.E. and Brown, S. (2014) Littoral drift barriers and the problem of proving accelerated recession. Lollino, G., Manconi, A., Locat, J., Huang, Y. and Canals Artigas, M. (eds.) In Engineering Geology for Society and Territory: Marine and Coastal Processes. vol. 4, Springer. pp. 9-12 . (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08660-6_2).

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Abstract

A barrier to longshore drift has the potential to cause downdrift erosion. Understanding this problem means that any new construction of a groyne field or breakwater should be accompanied by monitoring to record changes in beach volumes and profiles as well potential erosion of the coastline. In the past, such care may not have happened, especially in those cases involving boundaries between authorities responsible for the coast, or where the ground liable to be eroded was not considered to be of high value. This paper proposes a way by which previous groyne construction, or other coastal works, may be deemed responsible for increasing the rate of erosion beyond a value which could be ascribed to being the result of a natural variation in recession rate

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Published date: 1 September 2014
Venue - Dates: Engineering Geology for Society and Territory: 12th International Association of Engineering Geology Congress, , Torino, Italy, 2014-09-15 - 2014-09-19
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Organisations: Energy & Climate Change Group

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Local EPrints ID: 369546
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/369546
PURE UUID: b6e02aa4-e71e-4013-a86a-e8325ddeff98
ORCID for S. Brown: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1185-1962

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Date deposited: 17 Oct 2014 08:22
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:15

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Author: M.E. Barton
Author: S. Brown ORCID iD
Editor: G. Lollino
Editor: A. Manconi
Editor: J. Locat
Editor: Y. Huang
Editor: M. Canals Artigas

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