Coastal sediment transport

Some of the anthropogenic sources of modification have been put in place to halt erosion or prevent harbors from filling up with sediment.

Typically, during large wave events, the sediment gets transported off the beach face and deposited offshore generating a sandbar.

One of the research areas included "the development and the experimental verification of hydrodynamic laws governing the transport of marine sediments in the flow fields occurring in coastal waters."

[4] From this request for research, the Office of Sea Grant reviewed, accepted, and funded the Nearshore Sediment Transport Study (NSTS).

[4] This was a significant contribution to the field of coastal sediment transport and helped initialize a great deal of future research.

One of the first formulas to calculate coastal sediment transport was developed by Eco Bijker end of sixties.