The influence of sea level on incident and infragravity wave-driven sediment dynamics across a fringing coral reef
Coral reefs generate significant volumes of carbonate sediment that becomes the primary source of beach material along many low-latitude shorelines that protect hundreds of millions of people globally. Despite this fact, there is little understanding of the specific processes that transport the carbonate sediment produced on the outer portions of coral reefs to the shoreline, let alone how those processes may be affected by projected sea-level rise. To better constrain the influence of sea-level rise on waves and sediment transport over a fringing coral reef flat, an experiment was conducted across the large fringing reef off the south shore of Moloka’i, Hawai’i, in the summer of 2018. Here we describe the influence of water levels on waves, currents, and the resulting sediment resuspension and fluxes observed during this field effort
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Title | The influence of sea level on incident and infragravity wave-driven sediment dynamics across a fringing coral reef |
| DOI | 10.1142/9789811204487_0087 |
| Authors | Curt D. Storlazzi, Olivia Cheriton, Kurt J. Rosenberger, Andrew Pomeroy, Ryan J. Lowe |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Index ID | 70204495 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center |
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