No. 32 (2010), Sediment Transport and Morphology
No. 32 (2010)

CHARACTERISATION OF MIXED BEACH SEDIMENT

Sediment Transport and Morphology
Published 2011-01-25
Kaiming She
School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton
Xiao Wei Yu
School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton
Ian Thomas
Pevensey Coastal Defence Ltd
Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference
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Keywords

Mixed beach
bi-modal distribution
sediment sorting
sediment transport

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CHARACTERISATION OF MIXED BEACH SEDIMENT. (2011). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(32), sediment.96. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v32.sediment.96
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This paper presents a field study of a mixed sand-gavel beach which is subjected to all-year round maintenance activities including an annual recharge and recycling and/or re-profiling following storm events. Over one year period, sediment samples are collected weekly for the first month immediately after the annual recharge and then monthly afterwards. Special collections are also made before and after major storm events. The primary focus is on how the sediment characteristics varies in space and over time. In addition, the impact of the beach maintenance on the sediment sorting process is also investigated.
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