LONG-TERM MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE of BACKSHORE DUNES

Keiko Udo, Satoshi Takewaka, Hitoshi Nishimura

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Abstract

Field and aerial photograph surveys have been conducted at Tsuno-ore and Oritsu beaches facing the Kashima Sea, Japan, to investigate the morphological behavior of backshore dunes. Results of the field survey showed that the rate of change in backshore ground elevation increases with the area ratio of vegetation covering the ground. On the other hand, the aerial photographs over 10 years revealed that over time transverse winds divide artificial longshore dunes into smaller dunes, roughly 100m in length. Landward blown sand notably increased over gaps which appeared between the small dunes. At the Tsuno-ore beach, a small dune was deformed into a crescent barchanoid dune. The deformation of this dune was successfully simulated through an FDM computation. The Kawamura formula was employed in the 3D numerical model with additional terms representing the effects of sand surface slope and vegetation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 28th International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2002
Subtitle of host publicationSolving Coastal Conundrums, ICCE 2002
EditorsJane McKee Smith
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages3786-3798
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9812382380, 9789812382382
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
Event28th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2002 - Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Duration: 2002 Jul 72002 Jul 12

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference
Volume2003-January
ISSN (Print)0161-3782

Conference

Conference28th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2002
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCardiff, Wales
Period02/7/702/7/12

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