Lithological controls on soft cliff planshape evolution under high and low sediment availability

被引:9
作者
Carpenter, Natasha E. [1 ]
Dickson, Mark E. [2 ]
Walkden, Mike
Nicholls, Robert J. [1 ]
Powrie, William [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Sch Civil Engn & Environm, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Univ Auckland, SGGES, Auckland 1, New Zealand
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
cliff erosion; coastal geomorphology; lithology; modelling; beach; EROSION; RETREAT; BEACH; MODEL; CALIFORNIA; DYNAMICS; SHORES;
D O I
10.1002/esp.3675
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
This paper addresses a series of geomorphic questions relating to large-scale (> 1 km), long-term (100 - 1,000 years) coastal planshape evolution. Previous research on soft-cliff coasts has recognised the role of protective fronting beach volumes on reducing rates of cliff toe retreat. However, it is the maintenance of this critical threshold that ultimately determines two contrasting modes of shoreline behaviour: Mode A, in which there is little beach sediment and shoreline evolution is controlled by material strength; and, Mode B, when ample beach sediment means that shoreline evolution is controlled by longshore sediment transport. Here we use a numerical model (SCAPE) to investigate temporal and spatial changes in beach volume on a broader range of feedbacks than considered in previous models. The transition between Mode A and Mode B coasts is defined by relative sediment inputs to outputs and used to explore how these contrasting modes control the evolution of an initial linear frontage exhibiting longshore changes in cliff lithology (material resistance and the proportion of beach grade material in the eroded bedrock). Under Mode A, relative changes in material resistance result in long term heterogeneous rates of retreat, which result in the development of persistent headland and embayment features. However, under Mode B, feedbacks between coastal planshape, longshore sediment transport, beach volume and wave energy result in steady state retreat rates regardless of longshore variations in resistance. Results are compared and contrasted to previous simulations and site specific examples and a conceptual model of Mode A and Mode B interactions presented. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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页码:840 / 852
页数:13
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