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April 1, 2017Journal of Coastal Research

Measurements and Modelling of Small Scale Processes of Vegetation Preventing Dune Erosion

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EMEdgar MendozaIOItxaso OdérizMMM. Luisa Martínez

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Overview

Randomized trial examines the impact of vegetation on dune erosion processes, suggesting effective coastal defense methods.

Key Points

  • The work aims to understand how vegetation influences dune erosion and enhances coastal resilience.
  • Conducted small scale tests on dune-beach systems with and without natural vegetation.
  • Recorded free surface elevation and velocity profiles during high energy wave exposure.
  • Measured profile evolution post-experiment to assess erosion regimes.
  • Vegetation presence reduced bed velocities near the shoreline, enhancing beach protection.
  • Observed erosion regimes included collision and overwash with vegetation; swash and overwash without berms.
  • CSHORE model showed good correlation with laboratory data for coastal profile evolution.

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Mendoza et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0f42655725bbd5cc5f9b0fhttps://doi.org/10.2112/si77-003.1
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