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Dec 31, 2015
Field Tests on Two Permeable Groynes
Authors: W A Price, K W Tomlinson, and D H WillisAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Coastal Engineering 1972
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A section of beach on the south coast of England has been under surveillance for five years, from March 1966 until March 1971. During this period, two permeable groynes of the Makepeace Wood type were constructed. Beach cross-sectional areas and rates of accretion were compared before and after groyne construction. The groynes caused a build-up in beach levels updrift.
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W A Price
Senior Principal Scientific Officer
The Hydraulics Research Station, Wallingford, Great Britain
K W Tomlinson
Senior Scientific Officer
The Hydraulics Research Station, Wallingford, Great Britain
D H Willis
Senior Scientific Officer
The Hydraulics Research Station, Wallingford, Great Britain
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