Beach Morphodynamics in Australia 1970s-2010

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ID5696259
AutoresAndrew D Short (0000-0001-7188-7057, The University of Sydney, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume50
Fascículo2
Páginas141-153
Data de publicação2012-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeographical Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-5871.2012.00760.x
OpenAlexW1587151073
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas82

A seminal publication by Wright and Thom on coastal morphodynamics followed by a detailed yet expansive range of beach field experiments resulted in the publication of Wright and Short, which presented a fresh morphodynamic approach to the study of beaches. The development of the morphodynamic approach to coastal systems had its origin at Louisiana State University in the 1960-1970s, where Thom, Wright, and Short were students during this period. On their respective returns to Australia in the 1970s, they utilised the vast Australian coastal environment to apply this approach across a wide range of coastal settings and time frames developing the now universal wave-dominated beach model, followed later by tide-modified and tide-dominated beach models, as well as a fresh approach to dunes, barriers, estuaries, and the shoreface. This paper reviews the emergence of the morphodynamic approach in Australia and its subsequent impacts

Beach morphodynamics · Coastal geography · Estuary · Expansive · Geography · Geomorphology · Geotechnical engineering · Rip current · Sediment · Sediment transport · Shore · Wright · Aeolian processes and effects · Coastal and Marine Dynamics · Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics · Engineering · Geology · Oceanography