Accession Number:

AD0672501

Title:

SHORE TRANSPORT. FORMATION OF SAND SPITS AND TOMBOLOS (TRANSPORT LITTORAL FORMATION DE FLECHES ET DE TOMBOLOS),

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING LAB

Personal Author(s):

• DE Saint Marc,G. Sauvage
• Vincent,G.

Report Date:

1968-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

42.0

Abstract:

Two phenomena dominate the formation of tombolos the local swell current due mainly to diffraction which contributes on the one hand to the lateral supply of sand and on the other hand to the creation of a sedimentation front and the zone of relative calm which exists in the lee of the detached breakwater where the sedimentation of solid particles is facilitated. This sedimentation is possible under certain circumstances at the rear of a detached breakwater, circumstances which depend mainly, for a given shore, either on the length of the structure or on its distance from the shoreline. Author

Descriptors:

• *OCEAN CURRENTS
• *COASTAL REGIONS
• *SAND
• MASS TRANSFER
• BEACHES
• TURBULENCE
• OCEAN WAVES
• OCEAN MODELS
• MODEL TESTS
• INTENSITY
• CONFIGURATIONS
• EROSION
• TEST METHODS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE