Open AccessFIELD TESTS ON TWO PERMEABLE GROYNES
Author(s) -
W. Armstrong Price,
Kathryn Tomlinson,
D.H. Willis
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v13.73
Subject(s) - accretion (finance) , geology , oceanography , geography , geotechnical engineering , physics , astrophysics
A section of beach on the south coast of England has been under surveillance for five years, from March 1966 until March 1971. During this period, two permeable groynes of the Makepeace Wood type were constructed. Beach cross sectional areas and rates of accretion were compared before and after groyne construction. The groynes caused a buildup in beach levels updrift.