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Alongshore sediment transport analysis for a semi-enclosed basin: a case study of the Gulf of Riga, the Baltic Sea
Department of Cybernetics, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Estonian Academy of Sciences, Kohtu 6, 10130 Tallinn, Estonia
Mikołaj Zbigniew Jankowski
Department of Cybernetics, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Maris Eelsalu
Department of Cybernetics, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Kevin Ellis Parnell
Department of Cybernetics, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Maija Viška
Department of Marine Monitoring, Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, 1007 Riga, Latvia
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Short summary
Seemingly interconnected beaches are often separated by human-made obstacles and natural divergence areas of sediment flux. We decompose the sedimentary shores of the Gulf of Riga into five naturally almost isolated compartments based on the analysis of wave-driven sediment flux. The western, southern, and eastern shores have quite different and fragmented sediment transport regimes. The transport rates along different shore segments show extensive interannual variations but no explicit trends.
Seemingly interconnected beaches are often separated by human-made obstacles and natural...
