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Spatial and temporal variability in the ridge and runnel morphology along the North Lincolnshire coast
thesis
posted on 2018-11-21, 09:24 authored by Selma T. van HouwelingenRidges and runnels are low-amplitude, shore-parallel bars and troughs in the intertidal
zone of macrotidal sandy beaches. Ridge and runnel beaches are very common in the
United Kingdom, particularly in the vicinity of large river outlets. Hence, an
understanding of its dynamics will increase our understanding of British coastal
processes, which may be useful in national coastal management plans.
A number of studies have focussed on the morphodynamics of ridges and runnels,
however, the main shortcoming of these previous studies is that the morphodynamics
have generally been considered at limited spatial and temporal scales. This research
investigates the ridges and runnels on a variety of scales and is innovative in the sense
that small-scale morphodynamic behaviour is attempted to be linked to large-scale and
long-term dynamics. The study area is the north Lincolnshire coast, east England, where
generally 3–5 well-developed ridges and runnels are present. [Continues.]
Funding
Loughborough University, Faculty of Social Sciences. NERC (grant no.: NER/M/S/2000/00281, 'Spatial and temporal variability in ridge-and-runnel morphology').
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Geography and Environment
Publisher
© Selma Tamara van HouwelingenPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2005Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
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