Formation and Evolution of Multiple Tidal Inlets

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✦ Synopsis

About The Product

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Coastal and Estuarine Studies Series.

Coastal inlets dot the world's coastline, serving as important conduits for exchange of organic and inorganic materials between the continents and the oceans. In addition, inlets are the focal points of navigation pathways between deep water and coastal ports, a function often requiring alteration of the inlet to assure safe navigation. Particularly for inlets along mobile barrier beaches, frequent dredging is often required to maintain navigation clearances.

The papers in this book primarily discuss research relating to tidal inlets along barrier beach systems and illustrate the scientific approaches appropriate for examining multiple inlet stability. The aim is to provide a scientific basis for effective management. By proper and in-depth scientific analysis, more appropriate inlet management can be effected, to the benefit of the environment and the inhabitants of coastal areas. Case examples are included that will be useful to those who may wish to pursue the widermanagement and policy implications.

Content:
Chapter 1 Origin and Stability of Tidal Inlets in Massachusetts (pages 1–61): Duncan M. FitzGerald
Chapter 2 Morphodynamic Evolution of a Newly Formed Tidal Inlet (pages 62–94): James T. Liu, Donald K. Stauble, Graham S. Giese and David G. Aubrey
Chapter 3 Hydrodynamical Modeling of a Multiple?Inlet Estuary/Barrier System: Insight Into Tidal Inlet Formation and Stability (pages 95–112): Carl T. Friedrichs, David G. Aubrey, Graham S. Giese and Paul E. Speer
Chapter 4 Tidal Residual Currents and Sediment Transport Through Multiple Tidal Inlets (pages 113–157): James T. Liu and David G. Aubrey
Chapter 5 Backbarrier and Inlet Sediment Response to the Breaching of Nauset Spit and Formation of New Inlet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts (pages 158–185): Duncan M. FitzGerald and Todd M. Montello
Chapter 6 Cyclic Spit Morphology in a Developing Inlet System (pages 186–212): Christopher R. Weidman and James R. Ebert
Chapter 7 Effects of Multiple Inlet Morphology on Tidal Exchange: Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts (pages 213–235): David G. Aubrey, Thomas R. McSherry and Pierre P. Eliet

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 5
Introduction......Page 8
Physical Environment......Page 12
Occurrence of Tidal Inlets......Page 19
MorphologicaVl ariability......Page 34
Tidal Inlet Stabilit......Page 39
Jettied Inlets......Page 54
Summary......Page 62
References......Page 63
Abstract......Page 69
Introduction......Page 70
Study Area......Page 71
Methods......Page 74
Morphological Evolution of the New Inlet......Page 78
Processes......Page 93
Conclusions......Page 99
References
......Page 100
Abstract......Page 102
Introduction......Page 103
Model Formulation......Page 106
Comparison with Field Data......Page 108
Examination of Cyclical Behavior......Page 111
Examination of Multiple-Inlet Stability......Page 114
Summary......Page 116
Acknowledgments......Page 117
References......Page 118
Abstract......Page 120
Study Site......Page 121
Definitions and Model Formulation......Page 129
Model Results......Page 132
Discussion......Page 142
Conclusions......Page 161
Acknowledgment......Page 162
References......Page 163
Abstract......Page 165
Background......Page 166
Methods......Page 169
Flood-Tidal Delta......Page 173
Backbarrier Channels......Page 177
Grain Size Distributions......Page 181
Current Data......Page 185
Net Sediment Transport Trends......Page 186
Summary......Page 189
Acknowledgments......Page 190
References......Page 191
Introduction......Page 193
Methods......Page 198
Results......Page 199
Discussion......Page 207
Model......Page 209
Climatic Imprint on Inlet-Spit Morphology......Page 212
Inlet-Spit as Scale Model......Page 215
Conclusions......Page 216
Acknowledgments......Page 217
References......Page 218
Abstract......Page 220
Introduction......Page 221
Methods......Page 223
Results......Page 231
Conclusions......Page 240
References......Page 242
List of Contributors......Page 243