LongShore Transport Intro

• Longshore transport is due to longshore currents

Direction
of Incident
Waves

CURRENT
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• Sediment is carried in the direction of the current
– Transport patterns will be effected by any coastal
structure that impacts the current patterns

– Groins typically cause accretion on the updrift side,

and erosion on the downdraft
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• Some other interesting longshore occurrences
– Beach cusps
 LongShore Transport Intro
• Some other interesting longshore occurrences
– Beach cusps