STABILISATION OF THE TIDAL ENTRANCE AT HORNAFJORDUR, ICELAND

Gisli Viggosson; Sigurdur Sigurdarson; Bjorn Kristjansson

doi:10.9753/icce.v26.%p

No. 26 (1998), Conference Proceedings

No. 26 (1998)

STABILISATION OF THE TIDAL ENTRANCE AT HORNAFJORDUR, ICELAND

Conference Proceedings

Published 1998-01-29

Gisli Viggosson⁺⁻
Sigurdur Sigurdarson⁺⁻
Bjorn Kristjansson⁺⁻

Gisli Viggosson

Icelandic Maritime Administration

Sigurdur Sigurdarson

Icelandic Maritime Administration

Bjorn Kristjansson

Icelandic Maritime Administration

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tidal entrance
Hornafjordur
Iceland
channel stabalization

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STABILISATION OF THE TIDAL ENTRANCE AT HORNAFJORDUR, ICELAND. (1998). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(26). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v26.%p

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Hornafjordur is a tidal entrance on the south-east coast of Iceland, a shore with a heavy littoral drift. An extreme storm hit the coast in January 1990. It caused large shoaling to encroach upon the entrance channel from both sides, and a breakthrough occurred between the rock headland Hvanney and the South Barrier. The inlet was closed for several weeks. A rubble mound shore protection was built on its west side in 1991 to restore the South Barrier. A curved breakwater of berm type was constructed during the summer 1995. Due to severe wave action and strong current a berm structure with toe protection was chosen. The paper presents the experiences gained on the tidal inlet based on hydrodynamic and hydraulic models, both calibrated to the field data.

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