@inbook{60793c615a5c4a7895bb8da7e46d930a,
title = "Sediment transport under storm conditions on sandy beaches",
abstract = "Punctuated erosion is distinct from chronic erosion in the way that it is realised during a brief period of time, for example during a single storm event(s) and, contrary to chronic erosion, it is mainly driven by cross-shore sediment transport processes. This chapter talks about event-driven sediment transport during storms that lead to punctuated erosion. The numerous field measurements of coastal sediment transport that have been conducted on the upper shoreface over the past approximately three decades have shown that net cross-shore transport at a given location on the cross-shore profile is complex. It is a result of several individual sediment transport components driven by a range of hydrodynamic processes and mediated by the existing morphology. Infragravity (IG) waves are typically large in the inner surf zone during storms and may sometimes transport large amounts of sand either offshore or onshore, but sometimes they contribute very little to the net transport.",
author = "Troels Aagaard and Aart Kroon",
year = "2016",
month = aug,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1002/9781118937099.ch3",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781118937105",
series = "Hydrometeorological Hazards: Interfacing Science and Policy",
publisher = "Wiley",
pages = "45--64",
editor = "Paolo Ciavola and Giovanni Coco",
booktitle = "Coastal Storms. Processes and Impacts",
address = "United States",
}