Difference between revisions of "Bar"
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| − | A submerged shore parallel embankment of sand or gravel built in the breaker zone due to the action of breaking waves and cross-currents. | + | A submerged shore parallel embankment of sand or gravel built in the breaker zone due to the action of breaking waves and cross-currents<ref name=”Karsten”>Mangor, Karsten. 2004. “Shoreline Management Guidelines”. DHI Water and Environment, 294pp.</ref>. |
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*The overall tendency is that the bars are moving seawards during storm wave conditions and landwards during conditions dominated by smaller waves and swell. | *The overall tendency is that the bars are moving seawards during storm wave conditions and landwards during conditions dominated by smaller waves and swell. | ||
*At intervals there are gaps in the bars formed by the [[rip currents]]. | *At intervals there are gaps in the bars formed by the [[rip currents]]. | ||
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Revision as of 08:52, 15 February 2007
Definition of Bar:
A submerged shore parallel embankment of sand or gravel built in the breaker zone due to the action of breaking waves and cross-currents[1].
This is the common definition for Bar, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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Definition of Bar - Further notes
- There can be several rows of bars.
- Bars are very mobile formations, which tend to be in mobile equilibrium with the presently occurring wave and tide conditions, which means that they are constantly changing.
- The overall tendency is that the bars are moving seawards during storm wave conditions and landwards during conditions dominated by smaller waves and swell.
- At intervals there are gaps in the bars formed by the rip currents.
References
- ↑ Mangor, Karsten. 2004. “Shoreline Management Guidelines”. DHI Water and Environment, 294pp.
