Hydrodynamics and Sediment Dynamics of Tidal Inlets

by David G. Aubrey, Lee Weishar

Overview

Along much of the shoreline of the world, tidal inlets play an important role in nearshore processes, providing links between the coastal oceans and protected embayments. Their study is of particular importance not only for the understanding of fundamental processes in coastal oceanography but also for engineering and the proper management of the delicate equilibrium of our shorelines. This volume, based on the International Symposium on Hydrodynamics and Sediment Dynamics of Tidal Inlets held at Woods Hole, MA, presents the reader with an overview of contemporary research on these important features. The coverage includes: - mathematical modelling, including a review of inlet hydrodynamics, - observations on hydrodynamics, - sedimentology and morphology, - tidal deltas, - processes and policies pertaining to sedimentation, and the - impacts of shore protection and dredging in beaches.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387968889
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	11/28/1988
Series:	Coastal and Estuarine Studies , #29
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

I Mathematical Modeling of Tidal Inlet Hydrodynamics.- Hydrodynamics of Tidal Inlets.- The Overtide and Filtering Response of Small Inlet/Bay Systems.- Development and Application of Coastal and Inlet Processes Modeling System.- Effects of Man-Made Channels on Estuaries: An Example, Apalachicola Bay, Florida.- Port of Miami Inlet Dynamics.- II Observations of Tidal Inlet Hydrodynamics.- Seasonal Climatology of Tidal Non-Linearities in a Shallow Estuary.- Temporal Variation of Shallow-Water Tides in Basin-Inlet Systems.- Small-Scale Inlets as Tidal Filters.- Enhancement of Semidiurnal Tidal Currents in the Tidal Inlets to Mississippi Sound.- DARTS (Digital Automated Radar Tracking System) Application to Tidal Inlet Hydrodynamic Studies.- III Sediment Dynamics and Morphology of Tidal Inlets.- Shoreline Erosional-Depositional Processes Associated with Tidal Inlets.- Stability of Tidal Inlet Navigation Channels and Adjacent Dredge Spoil Islands.- Observations of Suspended Sediment Flux Over a Tidal Cycle in the Region of the Turbidity Maximum of the Upper St. Lawrence River Estuary.- An Ephemeral Inlet from the Virginia Barrier Island Chain: Stratigraphic Sequence and Preservational Potential of Infilled Sediments.- Cyclical Behavior of the Tidal Inlet at Nauset Beach, Chatham, Massachusetts.- IV Sediment Dynamics and Morphology of Tidal Deltas.- Sediment Trapping at Florida’s East Coast Inlets.- Processes of Sediment Exchange Between Tidal Inlets, Ebb Deltas and Barrier Islands.- Inlet Flood Tidal Delta Development Through Sediment Transport Processes.- Ebb-Tidal Delta Dynamics for a Tide-Dominated Barrier Island.- Ebb-Tidal Delta Response to Jetty Construction at Three South Carolina Inlets.- Evolution of an Ebb-Tidal Delta After an Inlet Relocation.- VManagement/Policy.- Sediment Interaction at Modified Coastal Inlets: Processes and Policies.- Effects of Shore Protection and Dredging Projects on Beach Configuration Near Unjettied Tidal Inlets in New Jersey.

Editorial Reviews

Articles authored by 38 contributors whose backgrounds range from engineering and geology to oceanography and marine physics. Mathematical modeling, inlet hydrodynamics, inlet sediments and morphology, tidal deltas and tidal inlet sediments are the primary topics. From the symposium on [title] held in Massachusetts in 1986. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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