Coastal Engineering 1984 · 1984 · 96 citations · 2 references
Natural SciencesMarine SciencesOceanographyCoastal OceanographyPhysical OceanographySediment TransportCoastal DynamicsCoastal HydrodynamicsCoastal ProcessesNearshore HydrodynamicsNearshore ProcessesSediment FluxNearshore Bar DynamicsNearshore Bar MigrationNearshore Sediment DynamicsNearshore Sediment TransportStorm-induced Sediment TransportSurf Zone DynamicsSuspended Sediment DynamicsSuspended Sediment Transport
Field measurements of suspended sediment-transport were made across a dissipative surf zone during a storm. A correlation between high suspended mass in the water column and periods of onshore flow caused a net onshore transport of suspended sediment even though the mean near-bottom flow was directed offshore. The observed onshore migration of a nearshore bar was predicted by gradients in the cross-shore suspended-sediment transport.
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