Table of Contents
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CHAPTER III : DETECTION OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT
1. PRINCIPLE .................................................................................................
107
2. REFERENCES .............................................................................................
111
CHAPTER IV : SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
1, INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................
112
2. LONGSHORE TRANSPORT .......................................................................
113
3. CROSS-SHORE TRANSPORT. ....................................................................
117
CHAPTER V : COASTAL MORPHOLOGY
1, INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................
122
2. COASTAL PROFILES .................................................................................
122
3, COASTAL MORPHOLOGY MODELS ........................................................ 129
4. BEACHES BACKED B Y DUNES ................................................................ 139
5. MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF BEACHES
BACKED B Y SEA WALLS ................................................................................ 141
6. REFERENCES .............................................................................................
148
PART IV / RETREATING SHORELINES
CHAPTER I : COASTAL EROSION ................................................................. 155
1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................
156
2. WAVES ........................................................................................................
159
3. COASTAL PROFILES .................................................................................
168
4. COASTAL EROSION, A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON .......................... 173
CHAPTER II : COASTAL PROTECTION
1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................
179
2 "HARD" COASTAL DEFENSE WORKS ..................................................... 194
3. BEACH NOURISHMENT AS COASTAL PROTECTION ............................ 222
4. SOCIAL ACTION. ........................................................................................
283
5. REFERENCES .............................................................................................
285
CHAPTER III: SEDIMENT BUDGET ANALYSIS
1. THE SEDIMENT "BANK ACCOUNT". ...................................................... 296
2. BUDGET ANALYSIS ...................................................................................
297
3. THE CELL THEORY ...................................................................................
299
4. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................
299
5. REFERENCES .............................................................................................
300
CHAPTER IV : EVALUATION OF IMPACTS AND INTERACTIONS
1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................
301
2. IMPACT OF EXISTING STRUCTURES AND SITES ................................. 304
3. THE BEACH~DUNE SYSTEM ..................................................................... 305
4. IMPACTS AND INTERACTION .................................................................. 309