Self-organized pattern formation in coastal barrier washover deposits

Lazarus, Eli Dalton and Armstrong, Scott 2015. Self-organized pattern formation in coastal barrier washover deposits. Geology 43 (4) , pp. 363-366. 10.1130/G36329.1

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Abstract

Storm-driven overwash is a sediment-transport process fundamental to the evolution of low-lying coastal environments. Physical insight into overwash morphodynamics is crucial for improved risk assessment and hazard forecasting in vulnerable coastal zones. Spatially extended observations of washover deposits have shown that back-barrier shoreline planforms can be quasi-periodic. These rhythmic patterns have been attributed to the influence of a forcing template in bathymetry or topography, or as inherent in the forcing itself. With an alternative to this prevailing explanation, we present results of a physical experiment and numerical model in which quasi-periodic patterns in washover deposits are self-organized, arising from interactions between barrier topography, routing of overwash flow, and sediment flux.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QE Geology
Publisher:	Geological Society of America
ISSN:	0091-7613
Date of Acceptance:	4 February 2015
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2022 11:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/72102

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