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ROLE OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT IN SHORE-NORMAL BEACH PROFILE CHANGES.

January 1, 1985

Field measurements of suspended sediment-transport were made across a dissipative surf zone during a storm. A correlation between high suspended mass in the water column and periods of onshore flow caused a net onshore transport of suspended sediment even though the mean near-bottom flow was directed offshore. The observed onshore migration of a nearshore bar was predicted by gradients in the cross-shore suspended-sediment transport.

Publication Year 1985
Title ROLE OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT IN SHORE-NORMAL BEACH PROFILE CHANGES.
Authors Bruce E. Jaffe, Richard W. Sternberg, Asbury H. Sallgenger
Publication Type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Index ID 70013535
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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