- Tytuł:
- Wind-Driven Currents and their Impact on the Morpho-Lithology at the Eastern Shore of the Gulf of Gdańsk
- Autorzy:
- Babakov, A.
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/241450.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2010
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Budownictwa Wodnego PAN
- Tematy:
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shore zone
wind
near-bottom currents
lithology
morpholithodynamics
sediment transport - Opis:
- The paper presents results of a study of near-bottom currents, lithology and morphodynamics on the shore-zone of the Vistula Spit in Russia and on the western shore of the Sambian Peninsula. The measurements were conducted in 1991 and during the period of 2005-2009. The study involves the analysis of the synchronous and statistical parameters of the currents together with wind, grain-size and sorting coefficient distributions for the deposits of the beach and underwater slope, and also the analysis of the morphology and morphodynamics along the east coast of the Gulf of Gdańsk. It has been shown that under conditions of an acute angle between the seaward wind vector and the coastline the strongest and the most stable longshore currents are formed. An increase of the angle leads to a decrease of velocity and stability of these currents. Under conditions of the wind normal to the shore (90°) in the sector of the curved coast Yantarny - Baltiysk (west wind), convergence of the currents is observed. The assessments of annual capacities of the longshore sediment transport for the coastal segment at the Sambian Peninsula and the deformation volumes on the underwater slope at Baltiysk are summarized. A hypothesis is proposed that the sector of 5-15 km north of Baltiysk under the existing wind-wave conditions is the zone of convergence and the discharge-resulting sediment transport. The assumption of the prevalence of migratory and whirl circulations along the shore zone of Vistula Spit is put forward. It is noticed that entrance moles of Baltiysk considerably impact on parameters of the currents and flow of deposits along the coastline at the length of 3-4 km.
- Źródło:
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Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics; 2010, 57, 2; 85-103
1231-3726 - Pojawia się w:
- Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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