24 articles in this issue
G. K. Manson
The roles of variable geotechnical properties and meteorologic and oceanographic conditions in contributing to the subannual variance in erosion, failure and retreat of cohesive till bluffs have been investigated by comparison of results of 18 months of o... see more
Hesham M. El-Asmar
Landsat Thematic Mapper images (TM) covered the coastline between Damietta and Port Said, taken at intervals in 1984, 1987 and 1991, were used to detect shoreline changes. When combined with geomorphological and sedimentological data, the remote sensing d... see more
Antonio Henrique da Fontoura Klein, Lindino Benedet Filho, Delamar H. Schumacher
This paper investigates morphological changes in headland bay beaches with emphasis on short-term beach rotation processes, elucidating how it is affected by the planform/degree of curvature of the beach, and by the different morphodynamic characteristics... see more
Omran E. Frihy, Abd El Moniem A. Badr, Mohamed S. Hassan
Damietta Harbour is located on the northeastern coast of the Nile delta, Egypt. Two breakwaters were constructed in 1982 to prevent the prevailing NE and SW sediment transport from shoaling the navigation channel, which extends about 20km offshore. Howeve... see more
N. H. Zaker, J. Imberger, C. Pattiaratchi
Circulation and mixing processes within the coastal boundary layer off Perth, Western Australia were examined numerically. This region is characterised by low tides and a topography consisting of discontinuous submerged barrier reefs. An integral mixed-la... see more
Robert A. Morton
Analysis of ground conditions and meteorological and oceanographic parameters for some of the most severe Atlantic and Gulf Coast storms in the U.S. reveals the primary factors affecting morphological storm responses of beaches and barrier islands. The pr... see more
Hilary F. Stockdon, Asbury H. Sallenger, Jr., Jeffrey H. List, Rob A. Holman
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Cesar A. Berlanga-Robles, Arturo Ruiz-Luna
A multitemporal post-classification study with data from the Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) and Thematic Mapper (TM) was made to detect changes in the landscape of the Majahual coastal system, along the Mexican Pacific. Six land-use classes were used... see more
Eduardo Jaramillo, Heraldo Contreras, Andrea Bollinger
The community structure and across shore zonation of the sandy beach macroinfauna has been found to be closely related to beach morphodynamics. Thus, any changes in beach morphodynamics may result in macroinfaunal changes. The construction during 1997 and... see more
R. A. Snyder, C. L. Boss
As a habitat for plants, barrier islands are characterized by constant salt spray and desiccation stress, punctuated by periodic storm events. This combination of chronic and stochastic effects of abiotic factors leads to the development of unique plant c... see more
Paolo Antonio Pirazzoli, Alberto Tomasin
The recent increase in the frequency of coastal flooding in Venice mainly depends on loss of land elevation (subsidence and eustasy) and man-induced hydrodynamic changes in the lagoon area, but can also be strengthened in the near future by changes in cli... see more
Yann Leredde, Ivan Dekeyser, Jean-Luc Devenon
The Berre lagoon (France) is a semi-enclosed basin with 6 m of mean depth and 155 km2 of surface area. Due to the Durance river discharge in the north and the Mediterranean sea intrusion in the south, the hydrological situation is often strongly stratifie... see more
Robert M. Friedman, Stephen V. Dunn, William J. Merrell, Jr.
Over the next 60 years, coastal erosion may claim one out of four houses within 500 feet of the U.S. shoreline. To the homeowners living within this narrow strip, the risk posed by erosion is comparable to the risk from flooding. These are the findings of... see more
Jeffrey S. Doucette
This paper relates nearshore ripple behaviour to cyclic changes in hydrodynamic conditions due to a sea breeze. Simultaneous time series measurements of waves, currents, sediment suspension and ripple crest positions were obtained from the nearshore of a ... see more
Daniel Hartmann, Burg Flemming
In a recent paper, HILL and McLAREN (2001) have compared the performance of two sets of descriptive grain-size statistics in predicting sediment transport directions. The one set makes use of "model-independent" textural parameters (mean, sorting and skew... see more
It is with sadness that we report the sudden death of Andrew George Warne in San Juan, Puerto Rico in late March, 2002. The coastal geological community has lost a dynamic and creative scientist whose interest had focused on modern marine deltas and relat... see more
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Alain Miossec
Roland Paskoff
Cyril Galvin
Maury Schwartz