Inter-disciplinary medium term monitoring of a small coastal cell of the Northern Adriatic, Lido di Dante Beach, was undertaken starting from 2001. In association with the EU-CoastView Project, coastal state indicators were developed and surveyed. This paper presents the observations done during 3 years of surveys: beach morphodynamics, intertidal bars, dune morphology and vegetation, overwash observation and risk. Results evidence two areas with different dynamics: the Southern part of the beach is dependent on the Bevano River by-pass processes and all indicators are positive (stable vegetation, large beach) while the Northern part is very narrow, eroding (10m/year) and the dune is easily overwashed. This atypical behavior is though to be due to the groin that disturbs the protective function of the nearshore bar system. Copyright ASCE 2006.
Sediment transport pattern and coastal evolution at lido di dante beach, Adriatic Sea
BALOUIN, Yann;CIAVOLA, Paolo;ARMAROLI, Clara
2006
Abstract
Inter-disciplinary medium term monitoring of a small coastal cell of the Northern Adriatic, Lido di Dante Beach, was undertaken starting from 2001. In association with the EU-CoastView Project, coastal state indicators were developed and surveyed. This paper presents the observations done during 3 years of surveys: beach morphodynamics, intertidal bars, dune morphology and vegetation, overwash observation and risk. Results evidence two areas with different dynamics: the Southern part of the beach is dependent on the Bevano River by-pass processes and all indicators are positive (stable vegetation, large beach) while the Northern part is very narrow, eroding (10m/year) and the dune is easily overwashed. This atypical behavior is though to be due to the groin that disturbs the protective function of the nearshore bar system. Copyright ASCE 2006.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
