Breaching in a wave-dominated barrier spit: the trabucador bar (north-eastern spanish coast)

Auteurs :
SÁNCHEZ-ARCILLA, A.
JIMÉNEZ, J.A.

Description :
The Trabucador Bar is a barrier coast linking the main lobe of the Ebro Delta with its southern spit. During the second week of October 1990 a severe storm affected the Ebro Delta causing serious erosion, in which the Trabucador Bar was one of the most damaged zones. The post-storm recovery of the zone was slow and far from complete, as the breach remained a conduit for onshore sediment transport under a regime of breaking and reforming waves. An artificial dune was subsequently constructed to close the breach and thus allow beachface recovery.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 1994, vol. 19, n°. 6, p. 483-498, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 61 ref.

Date :
1994

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley