Tidal Inlet Function: Field Evidence and Numerical Simulation in the India Project

In recognition of the environmentally sensitive nature of inlets and of a requirement to improve present knowledge of their function, the INDIA project has studied a small natural tidal inlet located in the Ría Formosa, Algarve, Portugal. The project has used state-of-the-art field equipment to stud...

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Published in:Journal of coastal research 2003-01, Vol.19 (1), p.189-211
Main Authors: Williams, J. J., B. A. O'Connor, S. M. Arens, S. Abadie, Bell, P., Y. Balouin, J. H. Van Boxel, A. J. Do Carmo, Davidson, M., O. Ferreira, Heron, M., H. Howa, Z. Hughes, L. M. Kaczmarek, Kim, H., Morris, B., Nicholson, J., S. Pan, Salles, P., Silva, A., Smith, J., C. Soares, A. Vila-Concejo
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Language:English
Subjects:
Beaches
Coastal engineering
Earth Sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Geomorphology
Inlets
Lagoons
Marine and continental quaternary
Modeling
Oceanography
Portugal
Sciences of the Universe
Sediment transport
Sediments
Shoals
Splashing
Storms
Surficial geology
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Summary:In recognition of the environmentally sensitive nature of inlets and of a requirement to improve present knowledge of their function, the INDIA project has studied a small natural tidal inlet located in the Ría Formosa, Algarve, Portugal. The project has used state-of-the-art field equipment to study present day processes, and a range of numerical models to extend the spatial and temporal range of the measurements. Underpinned by knowledge of inlet evolution over several years, and by knowledge of other inlet systems, a conceptual model describing the medium-to long-term evolution of the inlet is presented. Key elements of the model are then examined with reference to field observations and to numerical simulations of tides, waves, sediments and morphology. Supported by historical evidence of inlet evolution in the Ría Formosa, the picture that emerges of inlet dynamics is essentially one of relative simplicity and predictability in the short-to medium-term.
ISSN:0749-0208
1551-5036