DOCSLIB.ORG

EIS 1080 ABO1 9714 Coastline Management Manual

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
EIS 1080 ABO1 9714 Coastline Management Manual EIS 1080 ABO1 9714 Coastline management manual In Manual U U I I ni Li LA U U New South Wales Government I I I I 1 I I I I I I 1 I I I I E , cQCf4 1 _ I I COASTLINE I MANAGEMENT I MANUAL I I I I I I 1 I 1 September 1990 ISBN 0730575063 i New South Wales Government I NSW OEPAR11"MEN1 O I MNERAL RESOURCES 8 JUN 1895 I LIBRARY @CROWN COPYRIGHT 1990 ENEW SOUTH WALES I I FOREWORD i The Coastline Hazard Policy is but one of a range of Government policies and initiatives relating to the coastal zone. Many of these are outlined in the NSW Coast: Government Policy. Decisions I regarding the management of coastline hazards must be considered in relation to all these policies and initiatives. Specifically, the Coastline Hazard Policy introduces a range of planning and structural measures I which provide for: - the establishment of a statewide management system which requires balanced I management of the coastline; - the control the potential for losses in new development through the application of I effective planning controls designed to ensure that the development is compatible with the hazards; I - a reduction in the impact of hazards on existing developed areas through the construction of protective works and/or the voluntary purchase of property at equitable I prices; and - the construction of beach improvement works to protect or enhance the recreational amenity of the State's most heavily used beaches and their associated sand dune I systems. In applying the Coastline Hazard Policy, all planning, development and building proposals should be treated on their merits. Social, economic, aesthetic, recreational, and ecological factors need I to be considered, as well as coastline hazards. In this way, appropriate development of coastal areas will not be unnecessarily prevented, but potentially inappropriate development will either be excluded from hazardous areas or conditioned to render it compatible with the hazards and its I environment. As part of the implementation of the Policy, this Manual has been prepared to assist those I responsible for management of the coastline to reach balanced, merit based decisions. The Manual sets down a management system through which local councils can better manage the coastline in accordance with the Government's requirements and provides information concerning coastal processes, hazards and hazard management measures to those involved with development I proposed in proximity to the coastline and to those whose property is threatened by coastal hazards. I Under the Policy, legislation will be introduced to permit rates to be reduced for land that cannot be developed because of its hazard exposure. The Government will also legislate to provide exculpation from liability to councils for decisions and advice provided on the basis of the coastline I management principles set down in this Manual. I I I I I ii I 1 I 1 I I I I I I 11 I I I I I 14 TABLE OF CONTENTS I Page FOREWORD (i) I SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 The Problem 1 1 1.2 Government Initiatives 1 i .3 The Need for an Integrated Planning Approach 2 I 1.4 Government Specialist Advice 3 1 .5 Objective of the Manual 3 t SECTION 2 THE COASTLINE HAZARD POLICY 5 2.1 Policy Objectives 5 I 2.2 Policy Provisions 5 2.3 Policy Application b 2.4 The Merit Approach 6 1 2.5 Legal Responsibility and Indemnity 6 I SECTION 3 THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 7 3.1 Policy Implementation Objectives 7 3.2 An Outline of the Management System 7 1 3.3 Coastline Management Committee 7 3.4 Coastal Process and Hazard Studies 9 I 3.4.1 Process Studies 9 3.4.2 Hazard Definition Studies 9 I 3.5 Coastal Management Study 9 3.5.1 Management Study 9 I 3.5.2 Ownership Considerations and Extent of Study Area 10 3.5.3 Aesthetic and Ecological Factors ii 3.5.4 Recreational Amenity ii I 3.5.5 Dedication of Public Lands 11 3.5.6 Social Issues 12 I 3.5.7 Economic Issues 12 3.5.8 Climate Change: Planning Under Uncertainty 12 3.6 Coastline Management Plan 13 3.7 Implementation 14 I (iii) I TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 4 ADMINISTRATION 15 4.1 Local Councils 15 4.1 .1 General Responsibilities 15 Coastline Management Plan 15 Coastline Hazard Mitigation 15 Hazard Awareness 15 Beach Management 15 4.1 .2 Responsibilities Under the Environmental Planning and 15 Assessment Act General 15 Environmental Impact Assessment 16 Planning Instruments 16 Development Applications 16 Section 149 Certificates 16 4.2 State Government 16 4.2.1 The Public Works Department 16 4.2.2 Soil Conservation Service 17 4.2.3 The Department of Planning 17 4.2.4 The Department of Lands 17 4.2.5 The State Emergency Service 18 4.2.6 The National Parks and Wildlife Service 18 4.2.7 The Minister for Public Works 18 4.2.8 The Department of Minerals and Energy 18 4.2.9 The State Pollution Control Commission 19 4.2.10 The Coastal Committee of NSW 19 4.2.11 Universities 19 4.2.12 Other Government Authorities 19 4.3 Commonwealth Government 20 4.4 Land and Environment Court 20 4.5 Developers 20 4.6 The Community 20 4.7 Finance and Conditions for Government Grants 20 4.7.1 Finance 20 4.7.2 Conditions for Grants 21 4.7.3 Income Generation for Management Works 21 on Crown Land (iv) I I TABLE OF CONTENTS I SECTION 5 HAZARD MANAGEMENT OPTIONS 23 5.1 Coastline Hazards 23 I 5.2 Hazard Management Options 23 5.2.1 Environmental Planning 23 Buffer Zone 24 I Restrictive Zoning 24 Planned Retreat 25 I Voluntary Purchase 25 5.2.2 Development Control Conditions 25 I Building Setback 25 Building Types 25 I Dune Protection 26 Flood Mitigation 26 Foundation Design 26 I Emergency Access 26 Relocatable Buildings 26 I Planned Retreat 26 5.2.3 Dune Management 26 I Dune Management Planning 26 Community Involvement 26 11 Dune Reconstruction 27 Dune Revegetation 27 Dune Protection 27 11, Dune Maintenance 27 I 5.2.4 Protective Works 28 Seawalls 28 Training Walls 28 I Groynes 28 Beach Nourishment 29 I Offshore Breakwaters 29 Artificial Headlands 29 I Configuration Dredging 29 I I I (v) TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.3 Selection of Management Options 29 5.3.1 Low Development 30 Environmental Planning 30 Development Control Conditions 31 Dune Management 32 Protective Works 32 5.3.2 High Development 33 Protective Works 34 Dune Management 36 Development Control Conditions 37 Environmental Planning 38 GLOSSARY 39 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 49 (vi) I TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.) Page I APPENDIX A: NSW COASTLINE HAZARD POLICY APPENDIX B: COASTLINE PROCESSES Bi Interaction of Coastline Processes Bi I B2 Background Information B3 B3 Storms B7 B4 Elevated Water Levels Bi 1 I B5 Waves B17 B6 Currents B23 I B7 Waterborne Sediment Transport B25 B8 Dune Vegetation B31 B9 Windborne Sediment Transport B35 I Bi 0 Rainfall and Runoff B39 Bi 1 Coastal Entrances B41 I Bi 2 Climate Change B45 Bi 3 Human Activities B49 APPENDIX C: COASTLINE HAZARDS Cl Preamble Cl I C2 Beach Erosion Hazard C3 C3 Shorelihe Recession Hazard C7 C4 Coastal Entrance Hazard Cli I C5 Sand Drift Hazard C15 C6 Coastal Inundation Hazard C19 I C7 Slope and Cliff Instability Hazard C21 C8 Stormwater Erosion Hazard C27 C9 The Hazards of Climate Change C29 I Cl 0 Hazards, Processes and Coastline Types C33 I APPENDIX D: HAZARD MANAGEMENT OPTIONS Dl Preamble Dl D2 Planning in New South Wales D3 I D3 Environmental Planning Options D7 D4 Development Control Options Dli I D5 Dune Management Options Di 5 D6 Protective Works Options Di 9 I D7 The Management of Uncertainty D27 I I (vii) I i I I LI I I [1 E I I i I I I I I U I SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION r] 1.1 THE PROBLEM New South Wales can ill afford the social and financial disruption associated with placing this I The coastline of New South Wales is a major level of development at unnecessary risk. element in the geographic, recreational, commercial and ecological fabric of the State. It is an area of 1.2 GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES unparalleled beauty, characterised by small pocket I beaches bounded by rocky headlands in the south, The coastline of New South Wales is used by and sweeping beaches of golden sand in the various groups in society for a variety of different north. Coastal areas are major destinations for purposes. Aesthetic, recreational and ecological I local, national and international tourists. More than attributes are important factors in coastal amenity 80% of the State's population lives and works and use, as is the growing role of the tourist along the eastern seaboard. industry in economic and employment issues. I While management of the coastal area is primarily The coastline is under constant attack from the the responsibility of local councils, a number of natural forces of wind and waves. In response to Government agencies are responsible for policies these processes, the coastline is ever changing: relating to the coast and its environs. H beaches and sand dunes erode and are rebuilt in response to wave action; sand dunes can migrate inland in response to wind attack; many sections of In 1973, concern with the development and use of the coastline are receding and moving inland at coastal lands led the New South Wales I significant rates.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Potentially Useful Beach Nourishment and Associated Studies/Projects – References
    Sand Nourishment Forum – Sand Nourishment Reference list October 2013 Updated from Coasts & Ports Conference, Sydney 2013 Potentially Useful Beach Nourishment and Associated Studies/Projects – References Foreword: The Coasts & Ports 2013 Organising Committee introduced a half- day Sand Nourishment Forum comprising a Questions and Answers format directed to an experienced Panel with audience participation to explore and promote the use of sand nourishment as a viable method for managing short term erosion and long term coastal recession. The Forum emanated from great interest in beach nourishment around Australia, with a long history of successful projects from Adelaide to Noosa and major projects on the Gold Coast. The 2013 Conference was launched with a keynote address from Dr Stefan Aarninkhof who was intricately involved in the Delfland Sand Engine project in the Netherlands, which has introduced 21.5M m3 of offshore sands to the Dutch coast to provide coastal protection and prevent coastal inundation. As a precursor to the Beach Nourishment Forum at the Coast & Ports Conference 2013 in Sydney, A. D. Gordon (Forum Moderator) compiled the following list of reference material with contributions from J.T. Carley, E.D. Couriel, A. L. Jackson, A.R Jones, D.B. Lord, A.F. Nielsen, T.D. Shand, R.B. Tomlinson, T. Stul, R. Tucker. The list is intended to be a start on a “live “ document that can be added to, as further reference material becomes available/unearthed. The list has been compiled to assist those carrying out or contemplating beach nourishment, beach scraping and entrance by-passing or back-passing projects. It is hoped that other special interest topics to the coastal and port engineering profession may be run in similar forums as part of the future Coasts & Ports Conference series.
    [Show full text]
  • The Strait of Anian and British Northwest America: Cook's Third Voyage in Perspective*
    The Strait of Anian and British Northwest America: Cook's Third Voyage in Perspective* JOHNNORRIS For local patriots of British Columbia, Captain Cook's third voyage is unsatisfactory. His stay at Nootka was so brief, his exploration of the coast so perfunctory, and his preoccupation with Alaska so much to be deplored. We are driven, in asking the reasons for these solecisms, to examine his instructions from the Admiralty for the third voyage. Alas, they hardly mention the coast of Northwest America between 45 ° and 65 ° North. Did their Lordships of the Admiralty slip up? Was Cook, that supreme professional who had had a hand in drawing up his own instructions, at less than his expert best? Did Palinurus nod at the helm? Cook's landing at Nootka was the result of his instructions "to put into the first convenient Port to recruit your Wood and Water and procure Refreshments . .Jîl But the prolongation of his stay to four weeks (29 March to 26 April 1778) was traceable to the bad fitting-out of his ships by the Navy Board, which resulted in the rotten foretop and mizzen masts of the Resolution having to be replaced after the strain of the spring gales of the North Pacific. Further, the avoidance of virtually all the rest of the British Columbia coast was in accordance with those instructions, since Cook was ordered to: ... proceed Northward along the Coast as far as the Latitude of 65 °, or farther, if you are not obstructed by Lands or Ice; taking care not to lose any time in exploring Rivers or Inlets, or upon any other account, until you get into the before-mentioned latitude of 65 °...
    [Show full text]
  • U N C O R R Ec Ted Pr O
    SED 773 Dispatch: 1.2.06 Journal: SED CE: Hari Journal Name Manuscript No. B Author Received: No. of pages: 18 PE: Revathi Sedimentology (2006) 1–18 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00773.x Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a transgressive, muddy gravel beach: waterside beach, Bay of Fundy, Canada F SHAHIN E. DASHTGARD*, MURRAY K. GINGRAS* and KARL E. BUTLER *Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6E 2G3 (E-mail: [email protected]) O Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B 5A3 ABSTRACT O Sediments exposed at low tide on the transgressive, hypertidal (>6 m tidal range) Waterside Beach, New Brunswick, Canada permit the scrutinyR of sedimentary structures and textures that develop at water depths equivalent to the upper and lower shoreface. Waterside Beach sediments are grouped into eleven sedimentologically distinct deposits that represent threeP depositional environments: (1) sandy foreshore and shoreface; (2) tidal-creek braid-plain and delta; and, (3) wave-formed gravel and sand bars, and associated deposits. The sandy foreshore and shoreface depositional environment encompasses the backshore; moderately dipping beachface; and, a shallowlyD seaward-dipping terrace of sandy middle and lower intertidal, and muddy sub-tidal sediments. Intertidal sediments reworked and deposited by tidal creeks comprise the tidal-creek braid plain and delta. Wave-formedE sand and gravel bars and associated deposits include: sediment sourced from low-amplitude, unstable sand bars; gravel deposited from large (up to 5Æ5 m high, 800 m long), landward-migrating gravel bars; and, zones ofT mud deposition developed on the landward side of the gravel bars.
    [Show full text]
  • Map of the Division of Cook
    COOK C C L H M k E W AR S L S T T P H A A A E ST A R T K e Tonbridge T R E S S ST L H I W PA T C Y E H O A VE Gannons ST Y A A C R Beverley F V S e W WE E E R F C PL R L S E S V E A A O T S R E M r E R A I A T D S O R E E E H N MULGA RD E R T O F O E O A C D Street D B R T B O W 1 T K R A L S D Ê C K Ë 151°3'EPark E151°4'E 151°5'E 151°6'E AN 151°7'ES R Y E 151°8'E 151°9'E 151°10'E 151°11'E 151°12'E 151°13'E 151°14'E T T N E E T U I V T T Park Golf S R A O S S P C S S L D N P RES D I N E D R O P T N T HE AV Y Y M S E Poulton O L N S H U T H R T D R Reserve M R Y n H A R O S T I T C LO A I R L E A N O S F T C A G E T T Course L C H N D T O AR D w U PAYTEN ST E E R A R k KES N L E L E T Park R S W I S E A S L T A G L C e E L G H T T R PL R D L A U I T D T S D A O T S S L D VIE K A R IN R ND R no e GS A E S A D R R A r C E R O O W P U K ME FL SA A e E T OR P W F D O Y N UR E N P UN S o R N WA R CRE C ER U D A C R E H T N E I L O DE T LDING T g N TS P Y R Q R O L L I A E T W A RD CK S C a P E E S B G R I S D T M G Oatley E S S S R L S D r R LA ST NG N HAI V a R S S D T D A M B S C A P Lime Kiln AS T A RES D T R h L D 33°59'S G D E A E A E OU A U R V E L DO L HE T O L A A O R E KOGARAH S I T B Bowling P Moore R D V I F B W E A D C R K T ST I H I G A C R T P B U T A D GO COOK A A R R T H N A R Bay I F A E A D E OATLEY R R A U T A R RAMSGATE HURSTVILLE I MS M Club Reserve N Y P E I R IT AV R T R R P S T T T T E A T L RD R C G O R E E P C K n R K AT T M A A I I E W B S D R K E A O E S H E K E D ST o N S N EN Y D E C N H A R t D S E S L a D T D
    [Show full text]
  • “Major World Deltas: a Perspective from Space
    “MAJOR WORLD DELTAS: A PERSPECTIVE FROM SPACE” James M. Coleman Oscar K. Huh Coastal Studies Institute Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………4 Major River Systems and their Subsystem Components……………………..4 Drainage Basin………………………………………………………..7 Alluvial Valley………………………………………………………15 Receiving Basin……………………………………………………..15 Delta Plain…………………………………………………………...22 Deltaic Process-Form Variability: A Brief Summary……………………….29 The Drainage Basin and The Discharge Regime…………………....29 Nearshore Marine Energy Climate And Discharge Effectiveness…..29 River-Mouth Process-Form Variability……………………………..36 DELTA DESCRIPTIONS…………………………………………………………..37 Amu Darya River System………………………………………………...…45 Baram River System………………………………………………………...49 Burdekin River System……………………………………………………...53 Chao Phraya River System……………………………………….…………57 Colville River System………………………………………………….……62 Danube River System…………………………………………………….…66 Dneiper River System………………………………………………….……74 Ebro River System……………………………………………………..……77 Fly River System………………………………………………………...…..79 Ganges-Brahmaputra River System…………………………………………83 Girjalva River System…………………………………………………….…91 Krishna-Godavari River System…………………………………………… 94 Huang He River System………………………………………………..……99 Indus River System…………………………………………………………105 Irrawaddy River System……………………………………………………113 Klang River System……………………………………………………...…117 Lena River System……………………………………………………….…121 MacKenzie River System………………………………………………..…126 Magdelena River System……………………………………………..….…130
    [Show full text]
  • BUS TIMETABLE So We Can Adjust Services If Necessary
    Opal, the only way to travel to and from school Although some might have a free pass, all students must tap on and tap off, every time SCHOOL BUS TIMETABLE so we can adjust services if necessary. Report lost, stolen, or damaged card immediately. www.transdevnsw.com.au While waiting for the replacement Opal card, students must T: (02) 8700 0555 use a Child/Youth Opal card or purchase a Single Trip ticket. Visit transportnsw.info/school-students or call 131 500 Woolooware High School (Woolooware) T: (02) 9523 6752 Effective Monday 20 July 2020 Route Departure MORNING Route Description Number Time From Port Hacking shops and Dolans Bay via Port Hacking Rd (L) Telopea (R)Saunders Bay (R) Parthenia (L) Port Hacking Rd (R) Turriell Point (R) Lilli Pilli Point, Port Hacking Rd (L) Crescent (R) 978 06:46 Willarong (06:59) (R) President (L) Kingsway (Caringbah Station, Kingsway 07:08) via (R) Banksia (L) Denman (L) Woolooware (R) Restormel to school (07:18) Note: DOES NOT OPERATE ON THURSDAY From Burraneer Point via (L) Rutherford, Eurabalong (R) Woolooware (L) Burraneer Bay Rd (R) S386 07:00 Gannons (R) Denman (L) Woolooware (R) Restormel to school (07:18) Note: DOES NOT OPERATE ON THURSDAY From Burraneer Point via Rutherford, Eurabalong (R) Woolooware (L) Burraneer Bay Rd (R) Gannons 988 (L) Kingsway (R) Banksia, Hay to Caringbah Shops (08:04) Becomes Route 969 via Hay (R) Kingsway 07:47 969 (R) Willarong (R) Dianella (R) Carwarra (L) Taronga (R) Irrubel (R) Burrawalla (L) Nullaburra (L) Denman (L) Woolooware (R) Sturt (08:15) From Miranda Interchange
    [Show full text]
  • A Geomorphic Classification System
    A Geomorphic Classification System U.S.D.A. Forest Service Geomorphology Working Group Haskins, Donald M.1, Correll, Cynthia S.2, Foster, Richard A.3, Chatoian, John M.4, Fincher, James M.5, Strenger, Steven 6, Keys, James E. Jr.7, Maxwell, James R.8 and King, Thomas 9 February 1998 Version 1.4 1 Forest Geologist, Shasta-Trinity National Forests, Pacific Southwest Region, Redding, CA; 2 Soil Scientist, Range Staff, Washington Office, Prineville, OR; 3 Area Soil Scientist, Chatham Area, Tongass National Forest, Alaska Region, Sitka, AK; 4 Regional Geologist, Pacific Southwest Region, San Francisco, CA; 5 Integrated Resource Inventory Program Manager, Alaska Region, Juneau, AK; 6 Supervisory Soil Scientist, Southwest Region, Albuquerque, NM; 7 Interagency Liaison for Washington Office ECOMAP Group, Southern Region, Atlanta, GA; 8 Water Program Leader, Rocky Mountain Region, Golden, CO; and 9 Geology Program Manager, Washington Office, Washington, DC. A Geomorphic Classification System 1 Table of Contents Abstract .......................................................................................................................................... 5 I. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................. 6 History of Classification Efforts in the Forest Service ............................................................... 6 History of Development .............................................................................................................. 7 Goals
    [Show full text]
  • The Colorado River Damming Impact on the Shrimp Fishery in the Upper
    FRONTERA NORTE VOL. 33, ART. 9, 2021 https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2137 The Colorado River Damming Impact on the Shrimp Fishery in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico El impacto del represamiento del Río Colorado en la pesquería del camarón en el Alto Golfo de California, México Manuel Salvador Galindo Bect,1 Carlos Israel Vázquez León,2 & David Aguilar Montero3 ABSTRACT The objective oF this work is to demonstrate the relationship among the Colorado River Flows and volumes of shrimp caught in the Upper GulF of CaliFornia (AGC). A correlation analysis was applied to historical series of data about landed shrimp catch, fishing effort and flow from the Colorado River towards the gulf. Dependence, proportionality, and linear relationship indicators were obtained. The main results showed that the interannual captures were lower in periods without water input From the river and higher with the water inputs to the estuary. In addition, the results showed that the contributions of nutrients carried in the river water to the estuary could increase the Carbon Fixation. This study is important because it contributes to the discussion and strengthens the Fact that this river is important in the environmental and fishing dynamics in the AGC. Keywords: 1. Colorado River, 2. Fisheries, 3. shrimp, 4. damming, 5. Upper GulF oF CaliFornia. RESUMEN El objetivo de este trabajo es demostrar la relación entre los Flujos del Río Colorado y los volúmenes de camarón capturados en el Alto GolFo de CaliFornia (AGC). Se aplicó un análisis de correlación a series históricas de datos de captura del desembarque de camarón, el esfuerzo pesquero y el flujo del Río Colorado hacia el Delta.
    [Show full text]
  • The Second Twenty Years, 1971-1991
    Northwestern Michigan College The Second IVvenfy Years 1971 -1991 Al Shumsky Assisted by Carole Marlatt NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE The Second Twenty Years 1971-1991 A1 Shumsky Assisted by Carole Marlatt February 1994 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks are due many people who helped with this project. First to the two people without whom it could not have been done: Tim Quinn and Carole Marlatt. Tim initiated the project and supported it with released time, and with no directions whatsoever beyond "Have a good time!" Carole not only prepared the manuscript, assembled the rosters in the appendix, chose the pictures, and both provided her own and edited my memories; she also is the one who recorded the Board minutes for these twenty years and then indexed them and preserved the hard copy so it was available to this amateur historian. (She, in fact, is the one to go to if you want to know what really went on during these years.) Thanks are also due these many others who graciously provided information or corroborated memories: Bob Buttleman, Doug Campbell, Becky Chartier, Jan Gasnik, Kathleen Guy, Chet Janik, Bill King, George Kuhn, Keith MacPhee, Nancy McArthur, Shelley Merrill, Dick Minor, Shirley Okerstrom, Barbara Raehl, Joe Rogers, PatSalathiel, Bill Shaw, Don Shikoski, Chuck Shreve, Robbie Teahen, Bob Warner, and Steve Westphal. Recognition is also due the hundreds of people—Board members, faculty and staff—whose names do not appear in this account, but who in fact constituted the College. Without them, there would be no history to write. I apologize to all whose contributions have not been specifically mentioned.
    [Show full text]
  • Impacts of Sand Mining on Beaches in Suriname
    Impacts of sand mining on beaches in Suriname Braamspunt beach, February 2016 Edward J. Anthony Consultant in Geomorphology and Shoreline Management June, 2016. Background p. 3 Abstract p. 4 Summary of recommendations p. 5 Part 1. The environment, context and formation of sandy beaches in Suriname p. 6 1.1. Introduction p. 7 1.2. The Guianas mud-bank system p. 11 1.3. Cheniers and chenier beaches: natural wave-energy buffers and ecosystems p. 15 1.4. Bank and inter-bank phases, and inter-bank chenier development p. 17 1.5. River mouths and chenier development p. 19 1.6. The Suriname Coastal Plain and long-term chenier development p. 22 Part 2. Recent shoreline changes in Suriname: general morphodynamics, methodology and results for Braamspunt beach p. 27 2.1. Chenier morphodynamics – cross-shore and longshore processes p. 28 2.1. The Maroni and Surniname river-mouth contexts and Braamspunt beach p. 33 2.2. Methodology: recent shoreline changes and evolution of Braamspunt beach p. 35 2.2.1. Mesoscale (multi-decadal changes) p. 35 2.2.2. Field surveys of the morphology and dynamics of Braamspunt beach p. 38 2.3. Recent bank and inter-bank phases on the Suriname coast p. 43 2.3.1. The Maroni-Suriname sector p. 44 2.3.2. The Suriname-Coppename sector p. 44 2.3.3. The Coppename-Corantijn sector p. 45 2.4. Morphodynamics of Braamspunt beach p. 45 2.4.1. Offshore and nearshore hydrodynamic conditions p. 45 2.4.2. Grain-size and sedimentology of Braamspunt beach p.
    [Show full text]
  • Physiography
    .1· , Atlantic Continental Shelf and Slope ~. of the United States ·- •t.,........_,C',...,.~~~""' 11:'·~~. '"''"' ~.~..-.. ......-.,· ....... ~ ·-,}........ ·. '~':7'n:.~~-... "" • '•ilfl::.t,l.>.o;r,~... ,, ~· ·-·· ·-. - '··~~ ..~-~'·· ··_ -·· ·~~--~----1 .., Physiography GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 529-C Atlantic Continental · Shelf and Slope of The United States- Physiography By ELAZAR UCHUPI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 529-C Description of the submarine physiography of the continental margin between Nova Scotia and the Florida Keys UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1968 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY William T. Pecora, Director ~ : . For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 CONTENTS Page Page Abstract __________________________________________ _ C1 Continental margin-Continued Introduction ______________________________________ _ 1 Intermediate provinces _________________________ _ C17 General statement _____________________________ _ 1 Blake Plateau_·____________________________ _ 17 Acknowledgments ______ -.- ______________________ _ 3 Straits of Florida __________________________ _ 19 Continental margin ________________________________ _ 3 Continental slope ______________________________ _ 21 General setting________________________________ _ 3 Provinces seaward of the continental slope ________ _ 27 Continental shelf ______________________________ _ 3 Continental rise ___________________________
    [Show full text]
  • River Channel Bars and Dunes- Theory of Kinematic Waves
    River Channel Bars and Dunes- Theory of Kinematic Waves GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 422-L River Channel Bars and Dunes- Theory of Kinematic Waves By WALTER B. LANGBEIN and LUNA B. LEOPOLD PHYSIOGRAPHIC AND HYDRAULIC STUDIES OF RIVERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 422-L UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1968 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY William T. Pecora, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price 20 cents (paper cover) CONTENTS Page Page Abstract_________________________________________ LI Effect of rock spacing on rock movement in an ephemeral Introduction.______________________________________ 1 stream._________________________________________ L9 Flux-concentration relations________________________ 2 Waves in bed form________________________________ 12 Relation of particle speed to spacing a flume experi- General features________________________________ 12 ment______-_____-____-____-_-____________--____. 4 Kinematic properties_._______-._________________ 15 Transport of sand in pipes and flumes_________________ 5 Gravel bars____________________________________ 17 Flux-concentration curve for pipes________________ 6 Summary__________________________________________ 19 Flume transport of sand_________________________ 7 References________________.______________________ 19 ILLUSTRATIONS Page FIGURE 1. Flux-concentration curve for traffic___________________________________________________-_-_-__-___-
    [Show full text]