Dynamics of coastal systems / Job Dronkers (Netherlands Centre of Coastal Research, the Netherlands).

Author/creator Dronkers, J. J. author.
Format Electronic
EditionSecond edition.
PublicationNew Jersey : World Scientific, [2017]
Copyright Date©2017
Description1 online resource (xxv, 753 pages) : illustrations.
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
Subjects
Coast changes.

SeriesAdvanced series on ocean engineering ; Volume 41
Advanced series on ocean engineering ; v. 41. ^A422610
Contents Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; List of Symbols; 1. Introduction; 1.1. What is this Book About?; 1.2. Why this Book?; 1.3. Who is this Book Intended For?; 1.4. How is this Book Organised?; 2. Morphodynamic Feedback; 2.1. Pattern Generation; 2.2. Time-Symmetry Breaking; 2.2.1. Wave Asymmetry; 2.2.2. Tidal Asymmetry; 2.3. Spatial Symmetry Breaking; 2.3.1. Morphodynamic Feedback to Seabed Perturbation; 2.3.2. Stability; 2.4. Linear Stability Analysis; 2.4.1. Initial Response; 2.4.2. Perturbation Growth Towards a Finite Amplitude.
Contents 2.5. Instability of a Two-Channel System; 2.5.1. History of the Rhine Delta; 2.5.2. Principles of Channel Competition; 2.5.3. The Bornrif Cycle; 2.6. Summary and Conclusions; 3. Boundary Layers and Sediment Transport; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Near-Bed Steady Flow; 3.2.1. Flow Layers; 3.2.2. Momentum Dissipation; 3.3. Near-BedWave Flow; 3.3.1. Wave-Boundary Layer; 3.3.2. Wave-Current Interaction; 3.4. Non-Cohesive Sediments; 3.4.1. Suspension and Settling; 3.4.2. Graded Sediment; 3.5. Cohesive Sediments; 3.5.1. Suspension and Settling; 3.5.2. Fluid Mud; 3.5.3. Deposition and Erosion.
Contents 3.6. Biotic Activity; 3.7. Bed Level Evolution; 3.7.1. Morphodynamics; 3.7.2. Suspension and Settling Lag; 3.8. Sediment Transport; 3.8.1. Bedload Transport; 3.8.2. Suspended-Load Transport; 3.8.3. Total-Load Transport; 3.9. Summary and Conclusions; 4. Current-Seabed Interaction; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Dunes; 4.2.1. Qualitative Description; 4.2.2. Feedback Mechanism; 4.2.3. Dune Genesis in Steady Flow; 4.2.4. Dune Formation in Tidal Flow; 4.2.5. Antidunes; 4.3. Ripples; 4.3.1. Bottom Ripples in Steady Flow; 4.3.2. Wave-Induced Ripples; 4.4. Sorted Bedforms; 4.5. Sandbanks.
Contents 4.5.1. Qualitative Description4.5.2. Tidal Sand Ridges; 4.5.3. Zimmerman's Qualitative Ridge Formation Model; 4.5.4. Huthnance's Analytic Ridge Formation Model; 4.5.5. Shoreface-Connected Ridges; 4.5.6. Trowbridge's Model for Shoreface-Connected Ridges; 4.6. Summary and Conclusions; 5. Current-Channel Interaction; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Morphology of Rivers and Tidal Channels; 5.2.1. Bedforms in Rivers; 5.2.2. Bedforms in Tidal Channels; 5.3. Alternating Bars in Rivers; 5.3.1. A Simple Model for Alternating-Bar Genesis; 5.3.2. Development of River Meanders; 5.4. Tidal Channel Meanders.
Contents 5.5. Tidal Flats5.5.1. Tidal Flat Sedimentation; 5.5.2. Tidal flat profile; 5.5.3. Feedback between Channel and Tidal-Flat Dynamics; 5.6. Salt Marshes; 5.6.1. Marsh Development; 5.6.2. Interrelated Dynamics of Tidal Flats and Marshes; 5.7. Summary and Conclusions; 6. Tide-Topography Interaction; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Tidal Inlets; 6.2.1. Tidal Inlet Characteristics; 6.2.2. Ebb-Tidal Deltas; 6.2.3. Tidal Lagoons; 6.2.4. Estuaries; 6.2.5. Other Inlet Types; 6.3. Tidal Motion; 6.3.1. Tide Propagation; 6.3.2. Tidal Asymmetry; 6.3.3. Slack-Water Asymmetry; 6.3.4. Asymmetry of Shelf Tides.
Abstract "The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the physical processes which, according to the present state of knowledge, determine the evolution of coastal systems and their response to human interventions. This response depends to a large degree on the self-organising properties of coastal dynamics, which form a leading theme throughout the book. The basic theoretical ideas are explained in text and figures and also in formulas for the more mathematically inclined reader. Theories are illustrated with examples from estuaries, coastal lagoons, beaches and tidal flat systems from all over the world. The rules and simple models can be used directly without relying on complex computations; much attention is given to the strengths and weaknesses of the underlying theories and their limits of applicability. The book is fully self-contained; some knowledge of basic physics and mathematics is recommended. The book is an upgrade of the first edition. Most parts are rewritten and chapters are added to incorporate research results, new insight and experience of the past ten years. This book is intended for everyone interested in coastal systems for professional or educational reasons."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 691-753).
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