REACH OF WAVES TO THE BED OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF
PDF

Keywords

continental shelf
reach of waves
waves at bed

How to Cite

Silvester, R., & Mogridge, G. R. (1970). REACH OF WAVES TO THE BED OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(12), 40. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v12.40

Abstract

The physiography of Continental Shelves and their major composition of sediment indicate strongly their terrigenous origin and their smoothing by wave action This premise is supported by the geologic time over which waves have existed and the mass-transport velocity in these relatively shallow depths, particularly the net movement within the wave boundary layer at the bed A given wave tram arriving obliquely to the shore can transport material along the coast, both beyond the breaker line and within the surf zone It is shown that for equal over-all discharge in the two zones, the average sediment concentration offshore close to the bed need be reasonably small, indicating that transport near the beach could be a fraction of that from the breakers to the reach of the waves This latter limit is shown to extend at least half way across the Shelf, with possibilities of greater reach when more realistic prototype conditions are introduced into experiments.
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v12.40
PDF
Authors retain copyright and grant the Proceedings right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this Proceedings.