UID:
almahu_9948025857902882
Format:
1 online resource (233 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-77348-4
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9786611773489
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0-08-086915-7
Series Statement:
Developments in sedimentology ; 5
Content:
The movement of beach sand
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; The Movement of Beach Sand; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Location of work; Previous work; Terminology of the beach environment; Chapter 2. Field and Laboratory Procedures; Tracer characteristics; Release of fluorescent sand; Sampling methods; Samule collection; Measurement and analysis of waves, currents, topography and wind; Counting procedures; Time reduction and graphical representation of tracer movement; Chapter 3. General Patterns of Foreshore-Inshore Tracer Transport; General; Movement on planar foreshore-inshore slopes
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Movement on irregular forshore-inshore slopesSand transport by rip currents; Effect of wind; Sorting and the movement of different size fractions; Chapter 4. Sand Movement Seaward of The Breaker Zone; General; Deep-water tracing techniques; Movement immediately seaward of the breaker zone; Movement on the inner shelf; Chapter 5. Sand Movement Around Man-Made Structures; Movement around a groin; Movement behind a detached breakwater; Chapter 6. Analysis of Tracer Dispersion; General; Tracet dispersion of the five test beaches; Estimate of average grain velocity; Depth of the mobile bed
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Correlation of rates of sand transport with wave and sediment parametersChapter 7. Summary; Introduction; Field and laboratory procedures; General patterns of foreshore -inshore tracer transport; Sand movement seaward of the breaker zone; Sand movement around man-made structures; Analysis of tracer dispersion; Appendix 1. Fluorescent-Dyeing Techniques; Appendix 2. Summary of Wave, Current, and Wind Data Recorded During Tracer Tests; Appendix 3. Summary of Sedimentary Parameters at Test Beaches; Appendix 4. Conversion Factors; Reference; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-40313-2
Language:
English
