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The Press Association: Beach scaffolding aids sand study
Beach scaffolding aids sand study
(UKPA) – 21 hours ago
Scaffolding has been erected on a beach as part of a study into the movement of sand.
The steel frame has been installed on Perranporth beach in Cornwall to help an international team of scientists understand how breaking waves move grains of sand.
Researchers from Plymouth University will be working with counterparts in America and Australia on the experiment to examine coastal erosion.
The team has deployed over 100 state-of-the-art instruments to record water levels, flow speeds, rates of sand movement and beach change.
From the data the scientists will be able to calculate the total number of grains moved up and down the beach.
Professor Gerd Masselink, of Plymouth University's School of Marine Science and Engineering, said: "This very comprehensive field experiment has been five years in the making and will provide new fundamental knowledge on how sand moves on beaches.
"This information will help develop computer models of sediment transport and coastal erosion and will improve predictions of how beaches respond to climate change."
The instruments have been mounted on the 40 metre-long scaffold structure inserted at the high tide level. The data will be collected using a bank of laptop computers housed in a mobile field laboratory installed at the top of the beach.
The University of Delaware will be recording the movement of the seabed itself as the wave passes over.
Dr Jack Puleo, from the university, said: "Conditions on Perranporth beach are ideal for this research. The large tidal range will allow the installation of the instruments with relative ease and the large waves will ensure significant sand movement at high tide when measurements will be made."
Copyright © 2011 The Press Association. All rights reserved.
The Press Association: Beach scaffolding aids sand study
Beach scaffolding aids sand study
(UKPA) – 21 hours ago
Scaffolding has been erected on a beach as part of a study into the movement of sand.
The steel frame has been installed on Perranporth beach in Cornwall to help an international team of scientists understand how breaking waves move grains of sand.
Researchers from Plymouth University will be working with counterparts in America and Australia on the experiment to examine coastal erosion.
The team has deployed over 100 state-of-the-art instruments to record water levels, flow speeds, rates of sand movement and beach change.
From the data the scientists will be able to calculate the total number of grains moved up and down the beach.
Professor Gerd Masselink, of Plymouth University's School of Marine Science and Engineering, said: "This very comprehensive field experiment has been five years in the making and will provide new fundamental knowledge on how sand moves on beaches.
"This information will help develop computer models of sediment transport and coastal erosion and will improve predictions of how beaches respond to climate change."
The instruments have been mounted on the 40 metre-long scaffold structure inserted at the high tide level. The data will be collected using a bank of laptop computers housed in a mobile field laboratory installed at the top of the beach.
The University of Delaware will be recording the movement of the seabed itself as the wave passes over.
Dr Jack Puleo, from the university, said: "Conditions on Perranporth beach are ideal for this research. The large tidal range will allow the installation of the instruments with relative ease and the large waves will ensure significant sand movement at high tide when measurements will be made."
Copyright © 2011 The Press Association. All rights reserved.