Coastal processes in tideless seas / R.D. Kos'yan, N.V. Pykhov, B.L. Edge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kosʹi︠a︡n, R. D. (Ruben Derenikovich)

Contributor:

Pykhov, N. V. (Nikolaĭ Valentinovich)

Edge, Billy L.

Standardized Title:

Gidrogennye peremeshsenii͡a osadkov v beregovoĭ zone mori͡a. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Coast changes.

Water waves.

Sediment transport.

Physical Description:

xii, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Reston, Va. : ASCE Press, [2000]

Contents:

Part I Modern Concepts of Nearshore Hydrodynamics and Elementary Coastal Processes 1

Chapter 1 Nearshore Hydrodynamics 3

1.1 Bottom boundary layer of wave flow 5

1.2 Horizontal water circulation 34

1.3 Longshore currents 39

1.4 Vertical circulation 43

1.5 Infragravity waves 48

Chapter 2 Elementary Hydrodynamic Transport Processes 55

2.1 Initiation of particle movement 56

2.2 Bed microforms 67

2.3 Suspended sediment 76

Part II Field Research 105

Chapter 3 Measuring Methods 107

3.1 Measurement of surface wave parameters 107

3.2 Velocity measurement 110

3.3 Measurement of sediment erosion and accumulation at a nearshore site 114

3.4 Measurement of parameters, direction, and rate of bedform migration 115

3.5 Methods of measuring suspended sediment concentration 116

3.6 Grain-size analysis of bottom and suspended sediment 128

3.7 Sedimentation method 129

Chapter 4 Characterization of Testing Sites, Description of Experiments, and Observation Data 131

4.1 The Black Sea testing sites 133

4.2 The Baltic Sea "Lubiatowo" testing site 136

4.3 The Mediterranean testing sites 137

4.4 Issyk-Kul 141

Chapter 5 Study of Bed Microforms in the Nearshore Zone 143

5.1 Characteristics of observed data 144

5.2 Types of bedforms in the nearshore zone 144

5.3 Composition of bed microform sediment 148

5.4 Conditions for active ripple existence 151

5.5 Active ripple parameters 158

5.6 The possibility of wave hindcasting on the basis of paleofacial observations 161

Chapter 6 Suspended Sediment in the Nearshore Zone 167

6.1 Distribution of mean concentration values and mean diameter of suspended sediment particles during a storm 168

6.2 Variability of the concentration and mean size of suspended particles during a storm 173

6.3 Low frequency variations of suspended sand concentration and composition 181

6.4 Distribution features in the breaking zone 189

6.5 Calculation of suspended sediment concentration and mean diameter 197

6.6 Prediction of suspended sediment distribution over the entire nearshore zone 205

Part III Sediment Transport 207

Chapter 7 Longshore Sediment Transport 209

7.1 In situ measurements 210

7.2 Semi-empirical models 219

7.3 An example of calculation of suspended sediment longshore discharge 223

Chapter 8 Cross-Shore Sediment Transport and Variability of the Underwater Slope Profile 235

8.1 Sediment discharge 235

8.2 Equilibrium profile modeling 242

8.3 Field studies of the variability of bed sediment composition and underwater relief during a storm 248.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index.

ISBN:

0784400180

OCLC:

43481749