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Dec 31, 2015
Surf Zone Measurements of Suspended Sediment
Publication: Coastal Engineering 1978
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Suspended sediment concentration was measured in approximately 250 breaking waves on undeveloped beaches near Price Inlet, South Carolina, U.S.A., using portable in situ bulk water samplers. As many as 10 instantaneous 2-liter water volumes were obtained in each wave for a total of 1500 samples. Concentrations of suspended sediment were determined at fixed intervals of 10, 30, 60 and 100 cm above the bed for various surf zone positions relative to the breakpoint. The majority of waves sampled during 22 days in June and July, 1977 were relatively long crested, smooth, spilling to plunging in form, with breaker heights ranging from 20 to 150 cm. Surf zone process variables measured included breaker height and depth, breaker type, wave period, surface longshore current velocity, wind velocity and direction.
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Coastal Engineering 1978
Pages: 1725 - 1743
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© 1978 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Timothy W. Kana
Coastal Research Division, Department of Geology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208
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