Field Measurements of Sand Motion in the Surf Zone
- 23 March 1980
- proceedings article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Abstract
Forcing functions and sediment response were measured during two comprehensive surf zone experiments. The experiments included simultaneous measurements of waves and currents, and the movement of sediment as bed and suspended load. The longshore transport of suspended load was found to be about 10 to 20% of the tracer-measured load. Results from tracer measurements of the longshore transport of bed load indicate that previous measurements may have misestimated the effective “tracer layer thickness,” and a more rigorous method is proposed.Keywords
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