Beach Renourishment

• Main Authors: Bird, Eric (Author), Lewis, Nick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Oceanography.; Geobiology.; Coasts.; Physical geography.; Earth Sciences.; Coastal Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Physical Geography.

Beach renourishment is the restoration of beaches that have been depleted. The text deals with the sources of beach sediment as well as the causes and typical responses to beach erosion, before discussion of beach renourishment. Some of the first documented renourishment projects were undertaken in...