EVALUATION OF THE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ON A MACROTIDAL BEACH USING FLUORESCENT TRACERS, DUNKERQUE EST, FRANCE

Authors
CORBAU C HOWA H TESSIER B DERESSEGUIER A CHAMLEY H
Citation
C. Corbau et al., EVALUATION OF THE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ON A MACROTIDAL BEACH USING FLUORESCENT TRACERS, DUNKERQUE EST, FRANCE, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie, 319(12), 1994, pp. 1503-1509
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518069
Volume
319
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
1503 - 1509
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8069(1994)319:12<1503:EOTSTO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In order to estimate the sediment transport along a macrotidal beach o f the Dunkerque area (northern France) a fluorescent tracer experiment was performed from 19 to 27 April 1993. Hydrodynamic conditions can b e characterized as low spring tides with weak to moderate winds. The r esults indicate that the flood current is the dominant factor during l ow-energy periods-mainly with a longshore component of transport-where as during moderate landward winds the swells induce a shore-normal tra nsport leading to nourishment of the beach.