EROSION OF THE DAMIETTA PROMONTORY, THE NILE DELTA
PDF

Keywords

Nile Delta
Damietta Promontory
erosion

How to Cite

Fanos, A., Khafagy, A., & Komar, P. (1992). EROSION OF THE DAMIETTA PROMONTORY, THE NILE DELTA. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(23). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v23.%p

Abstract

The Damietta sediment-formed promontory is located on the eastern half of the Nile Delta, about 40 km west of the Suez Canal breakwaters at Port Said. Following a long period of accretion, the promontory began to erode early this century with shoreline recession rates reaching a maximum of 38 m/yr. This paper documents the shoreline changes, the coastal processes responsible for those changes, and the protective measures that have been erected to control the erosion.
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v23.%25p
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.