Static Equilibrium Bays: New Relationships
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 115, Issue 3
Abstract
Bays as a predominant physical feature of the coastlines of the world have been recognized for some 30 years. Their plan form has received attention for over 20 years. The shape equated to a logarithmic spiral has received much attention, but is shown in this paper to be not uniformly applicable. Bays can exist in an unstable form (implying that with cessation of littoral drift they can erode back to a shape known as static equilibrium, the knowledge of whose characteristics can permit determination of their stability), or indentation, reached under conditions of no sediment supply.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 115 • Issue 3 • May 1989
Pages: 285 - 298
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