Physical Linkages Between An Offshore Canyon And Surf Zone Morphologic Change

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• Journal Title:
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Personal Author:
  Hansen, Jeff E. ; Raubenheimer, Britt ; Elgar, Steve ; List, Jeffrey H. ; Lippmann, Thomas C.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; Sea Grant
• Sea Grant Program:
  WHOI (Woods Hole Sea Grant)
• Description:
  The causes of surf zone morphologic changes observed along a sandy beach onshore of a submarine canyon were investigated using field observations and a numerical model (Delft3D/SWAN). Numerically simulated morphologic changes using four different sediment transport formulae reproduce the temporal and spatial patterns of net cross-shore integrated (between 0 and 6.5 m water depths) accretion and erosion observed in a ∼300 m alongshore region, a few hundred meters from the canyon head. The observations and simulations indicate that the accretion or erosion results from converging or diverging alongshore currents driven primarily by breaking waves and alongshore pressure gradients. The location of convergence or divergence depends on the direction of the offshore waves that refract over the canyon, suggesting that bathymetric features on the inner shelf can have first-order effects on short-term nearshore morphologic change.
• Keywords:
  Coast Changes Ocean Currents Coast Changes Ocean Currents
• Source:
  JGR Oceans 122(4): 3451-3460
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012319
• Sea Grant Document Number:
  WHOI-R-17-006
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Rights Information:
  Other
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:927ec69d482d41532cc9efaf0e0246255aec82be42df221d13a1284cadd6e07f
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/43841/noaa_43841_DS1.pdf
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