Open AccessPROTECTION OF SANDY COASTS IN DEPENDENCE OF THE DUNE - BEACH - TYPE
Author(s) -
Heie F. Erchinger
Publication year - 1974
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.v14.68
Subject(s) - geology , barrier island , flooding (psychology) , sand dune stabilization , storm , natural (archaeology) , storm surge , oceanography , geomorphology , paleontology , shore , psychology , psychotherapist
Barrier dunes are the natural protective structures against flooding the low-lying land during storm tides. Their strength and resistance are to be estimated in consideration of the total dune-beach-profile. For standardization of dune-beach-profiles 3 types are to be distinguished. For each of these types the necessary and the possible actions for stabilization of the barrier dunes and also of inshore dune areas are described.