NEARSHORE COASTAL PROCESSES ADJACENT TO A TIDAL INLET
No. 26 (1998), Conference Proceedings
No. 26 (1998)

NEARSHORE COASTAL PROCESSES ADJACENT TO A TIDAL INLET

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https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v26.%25p
Published 1998-01-29
Thomas O. Herrington
Dept. of Civ.,Envir.,and Ocean Engrg., Stevens Inst. of Tech
Michael S. Bruno
Dept. of Civ.,Envir.,and Ocean Engrg., Stevens Inst. of Tech
Majid Yavary
Dept. of Civ.,Envir.,and Ocean Engrg., Stevens Inst. of Tech
Kelly L. Rankin
Dept. of Civ.,Envir.,and Ocean Engrg., Stevens Inst. of Tech
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tidal inlet
coastal processes

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Herrington, T. O., Bruno, M. S., Yavary, M., & Rankin, K. L. (1998). NEARSHORE COASTAL PROCESSES ADJACENT TO A TIDAL INLET. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(26). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v26.%p
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Abstract

Two tidal inlets with strikingly different physical characteristics have been investigated through an analysis of multi-year beach survey results and field investigations of the nearshore wave and current structure adjacent to the inlets. The survey results indicate that the downdrift shoreline adjacent to both inlets is dominated by persistent inlet directed currents, which run counter to the net sediment transport direction. The two wave and current studies differed in both their spatial and temporal resolution, requiring the use of separate analysis techniques to determine the forcing mechanisms responsible for the observed inlet directed currents. The two analysis techniques produced similar results which indicate that tidal-induced circulation generates the persistent nearshore current structure. Episodic wind-generated currents and nonlinear wave and current interactions were found to reach the same order of magnitude as the tide-induced currents, and could either enhance or reverse the observed nearshore current structure.
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