Beach nourishment: an ecologically sound coastal defence alternative? A review

J Speybroeck, D Bonte, W Courtens… - Aquatic conservation …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Even though beach nourishment is generally considered as an environment‐friendly option
for coastal protection and beach restoration, sizeable impacts on several beach ecosystem …

Toward a multifunctional nature‐based coastal defense: a review of the interaction between beach nourishment and ecological restoration

T Kindeberg, B Almström, M Skoog… - Nordic Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal protection has evolved from focusing on hard solutions such as breakwaters and
groynes to include soft or nature‐based solutions (NbS). NbS have been proposed as cost …

From fine sand to boulders: Examining the relationship between beach-face slope and sediment size

N Bujan, R Cox, G Masselink - Marine Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
It is a long-standing maxim that coarser sediment sizes are associated with steeper beach-
face slopes; but because most work has focused on sandy beaches, few data are available …

Implementing an efficient beach erosion monitoring system for coastal management in Croatia

K Pikelj, I Ružić, S Ilić, MR James, B Kordić - Ocean & coastal management, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a coastal erosion monitoring system for beach erosion management,
which we demonstrate on natural and artificial pocket gravel beaches in Croatia. The …

[HTML][HTML] Nourishment evolution and impacts at four southern California beaches: A sand volume analysis

BC Ludka, RT Guza, WC O'Reilly - Coastal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Four southern California beaches were nourished with offshore sand placed as subaerial
pads several meters thick,∼ 50 m wide, and spanning between 500 and 1500 m …

Sand beach nourishment: Experience from the Mediterranean coast of Israel

M Bitan, D Zviely - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
Beach nourishment along the Mediterranean coast of Israel represents a new approach to
mitigate coastal erosion by adding suitable sand to threatened beaches. This 'soft'solution …

[HTML][HTML] Beach scarp dynamics at nourished beaches

CWT Van Bemmelen, MA De Schipper, J Darnall… - Coastal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Beach scarps are nearly vertical seaward facing sandy cliffs within the cross-shore beach
profile. These features are often associated with eroding (nourished) coastlines and can …

Evaluation of sub-aerial topographic surveying techniques using total station and RTK-GPS for applications in macrotidal sand beach environment

JM Lee, JY Park, JY Choi - Journal of Coastal Research, 2013 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Jeong-Min Lee, Jun-Yong Park, Jin-Yong Choi, 2013. Evaluation of Sub-aerial
Topographic Surveying Techniques Using Total Station and RTK-GPS for applications in …

Utility of morphodynamic characterisation in the prediction of beach damage by storms

J Benavente, L Del Río, G Anfuso… - Journal of Coastal …, 2002 - meridian.allenpress.com
This work deals with the estimation of beach susceptibility to storminess in the Bay of Cadiz
(SW Spain), and the concomitant environmental implications. For this purpose a comparison …

Vulnerability assessment of a retreating coast in SW Spain

L Domínguez, G Anfuso, FJ Gracia - Environmental Geology, 2005 - Springer
The present study assesses coastal vulnerability to erosion processes along a 23-km-long
coastal sector that presents different morphological features and grades of human …