Sediment Transport in Coastal Waters

• Main Author: Ouillon, Sylvain (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Cluster analysis; spit breaching; Support Vector Regression (SVR); sediment trap; typhoons; trend; delta vulnerability; suspended particulate matter; morphodynamics; New Caledonia; particle transfer process; nearshore processes; Bight of Benin; remote sensing reflectance; coastal erosion; analysis of variance (ANOVA); climate change; dry season; South China Sea; geochemical map; geochemistry; non-cohesive to cohesive transition; oligotrophic lagoon; Seto Inland Sea; suspended sediment; flocculation; sediment; sedimentation; numerical modelling; SWAT; water scarcity; sand; shoreline; erosion; bathymetry; Tafna catchment; aggregates; soil erosion; mud; longshore sediment transport; turbidity; cohesive sediments; ERA hindcast waves; Langue de Barbarie spit; tidal current; fresh water runoff; Mahalanobis' generalized distances; East Coast Low; seagrass beds; coastal management; sand-mud mixture erosion; North Africa; recovery; seasonal cycle; remote-sensing; Ni mining; Southeast Australia; non cohesive sediments; Vietnam; storminess; river-mouth migration; coastal hydraulics; bedload; Senegal River delta; resilience; biomass; oceanic water intrusion; reflectance; seabed colour; river plume; hydrodynamics; MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); post-storm recovery; lagoon; sediment transport modelling; monsoon; sediment transport; Mekong; winter monsoon; mathematical model; bed shear stress; waves forcing; coral reef; storms
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The interface of 440,000 km long coastline in the world is subject to global change, with an increasing human pressure (land use, buildings, sand mining, dredging) and increasing population. Improving our knowledge on involved mechanisms and sediment transport processes, monitoring the evolution of sedimentary stocks and anticipating changes in littoral and coastal zones is essential for this purpose. The special issue of Water on “Sediment transport in coastal waters” gathers thirteen papers which introduce the current revolution in the scientific research related to coastal and littoral hydrosedimentary dynamics, and reflect the diversity of concerns on which research in coastal sediment transport is based, and current trends — topics and preferred methods — to address them.