Beach Nourishment on the West Coast of Jutland

Authors

  • Flemming Thyme

Keywords:

Coastal protection, beachfill, sandtransport, coastal barriers, engineering, hopper dredge

Abstract

This paper deals with the maintenance of the Danish North Sea coast, which is highly exposed for erosion. The actual efforts to reduce the erosion are construction of groins and breakwaters combined with beach nouri shment. Different methods of beach nourishment are described and discussed.

 

 

 

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Published

1990-01-10

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (1990): Journal of Coastal Research

Section

Technical Communications

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