Spatial beach morphodinamics : an example from Canary Islands, Spain
A new concept of beach morphodynamics is developed, based on the alongshore variations of the arribing wave energy. A data set of beach face profiles from Las Canteras Beach (Canary Islands, Spain) is used in this work to show the existing relationship between the profiles average shape, the active...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1994 |
| País: | España |
| Repositorio: | accedaCRIS portal de investigación de la Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:accedacris.ulpgc.es:10553/1494 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/1494 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 251090-1 Geología marina. Dinámica sedimentaria Las Canteras beach Gran Canaria Canary Islands Beach morphodynamics Beach profile Equilibrium profile Sweep zone Volume changes Foreshore slope |
| Sumario: | A new concept of beach morphodynamics is developed, based on the alongshore variations of the arribing wave energy. A data set of beach face profiles from Las Canteras Beach (Canary Islands, Spain) is used in this work to show the existing relationship between the profiles average shape, the active sweep zone, the volume changes and the foreshore slope variability. Three homogeneous sectors are identified along the beach according with the governing processes and associated morphologies. Both seasonal and long tenn changes are described and analized for each sector. |
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