Hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics of tidal inlets : [papers presented at an International Symposium on Hydrodynamics and Sediment Dynamics of Tidal Inlets, held at Woods Hole, Mass., in December 1986, and sponsored by the U.S. Army Waterways Experiment

Along much of the shoreline of the world, tidal inlets play an important role in nearshore processes, providing links between the coastal oceans and protected embayments. Their study is of particular importance not only for the understanding of fundamental processes in coastal oceanography but also for engineering and the proper management of the delicate equilibrium of our shorelines. This volume, based on the **International Symposium on** **Hydrodynamics and Sediment Dynamics of Tidal Inlets** held at Woods Hole, MA, presents the reader with an overview of contemporary research on these important features. The coverage includes: - mathematical modelling, including a review of inlet hydrodynamics, - observations on hydrodynamics, - sedimentology and morphology, - tidal deltas, - processes and policies pertaining to sedimentation, and the - impacts of shore protection and dredging in beaches. Hydrodynamics Of Tidal Inlets / J. Van De Kreeke -- The Overtide And Filtering Response Of Small Inlet/bay Systems / Joseph L. Dilorenzo -- Development And Application Of Coastal And Inlet Processes Modeling System / S. Rao Vemulakonda, James R. Houston And Abhimanyu Swain -- Effects Of Man-made Channels On Estuaries : An Example, Apalachicola Bay, Florida / Donald C. Raney -- Port Of Miami Inlet Dynamics / A. Swain -- Seasonal Climatology Of Tidal Non-linearities In A Shallow Estuary / David G. Aubrey And Carl T. Friedrichs -- Temporal Variation Of Shallow-water Tides In Basin-inlet Systems / John D. Boon -- Small-scale Inlets As Tidal Filters / John A. Moody -- Enhancement Of Semidiurnal Tidal Currents In The Tidal Inlets To Mississippi Sound / Harvey E. Seim And James E. Sneed -- Darts (digital Automated Radar Tracking System) Application To Tidal Inlet Hydrodynamic Studies / G.a. Meadows [and Others] --^ Shoreline Erosional-depositional Processes Associated With Tidal Inlets / Duncan M. Fitzgerald -- Stability Of Tidal Inlet Navigation Channels And Adjacent Dredge Spoil Islands / Georges Drapeau -- Observations Of Suspended Sediment Flux Over A Tidal Cycle In The Region Of The Turbidity Maximum Of The Upper St. Lawrence River Estuary / P.f. Hamblin [and Others] -- An Ephemeral Inlet From The Virginia Barrier Island Chain : Stratigraphic Sequence And Preservational Potential Of Infilled Sediments / Kenneth Finkelstein -- Cyclical Behavior Of The Tidal Inlet At Nauset Beach, Chatham, Massachusetts / Graham S. Giese -- Sediment Trapping At Florida's East Coast Inlets / James N. Marino And Ashish J. Mehta -- Processes Of Sediment Exchange Between Tidal Inlets, Ebb Deltas And Barrier Islands / G.f. Oertel -- Inlet Flood Tidal Delta Development Through Sediment Transport Processes / Donald K. Stauble [and Others] --^ Ebb-tidal Delta Dynamics For A Tide-dominated Barrier Island / William J. Reynolds -- Ebb-tidal Delta Response To Jetty Construction At Three South Carolina Inlets / Mark Hansen And Stephen C. Knowles -- Evolution Of An Ebb-tidal Delta After An Inlet Relocation / Timothy W. Kana And James E. Mason -- Sediment Interaction At Modified Coastal Inlets : Processes And Policies / R.g. Dean -- Effects Of Shore Protection And Dredging Projects On Beach Configuration Near Unjettied Tidal Inlets In New Jersey / Karl F. Nordstrom. David G. Aubrey, Lee Weishar (eds.). Papers Originally Presented At The International Symposium On Hydrodynamics And Sediment Dynamics Of Tidal Inlets, Held In Woods Hole, Mass., In Dec. 1986. Includes Bibliographies And Index. Front Matter....Pages N2-X Hydrodynamics of Tidal Inlets....Pages 1-23 The Overtide and Filtering Response of Small Inlet/Bay Systems....Pages 24-53 Development and Application of Coastal and Inlet Processes Modeling System....Pages 54-70 Effects of Man-Made Channels on Estuaries: An Example, Apalachicola Bay, Florida....Pages 71-87 Port of Miami Inlet Dynamics....Pages 88-102 Seasonal Climatology of Tidal Non-Linearities in a Shallow Estuary....Pages 103-124 Temporal Variation of Shallow-Water Tides in Basin-Inlet Systems....Pages 125-136 Small-Scale Inlets as Tidal Filters....Pages 137-156 Enhancement of Semidiurnal Tidal Currents in the Tidal Inlets to Mississippi Sound....Pages 157-168 DARTS (Digital Automated Radar Tracking System): Application to Tidal Inlet Hydrodynamic Studies....Pages 169-185 Shoreline Erosional-Depositional Processes Associated with Tidal Inlets....Pages 186-225 Stability of Tidal Inlet Navigation Channels and Adjacent Dredge Spoil Islands....Pages 226-244 Observations of Suspended Sediment Flux over a Tidal Cycle in the Region of the Turbidity Maximum of the Upper St. Lawrence River Estuary....Pages 245-256 An Ephemeral Inlet from the Virginia Barrier Island Chain: Stratigraphic Sequence and Preservational Potential of Infilled Sediments....Pages 257-268 Cyclical Behavior of the Tidal Inlet at Nauset Beach, Chatham, Massachusetts....Pages 269-283 Sediment Trapping at Florida’s East Coast Inlets....Pages 284-296 Processes of Sediment Exchange between Tidal Inlets, Ebb Deltas and Barrier Islands....Pages 297-318 Inlet Flood Tidal Delta Development through Sediment Transport Processes....Pages 319-347 Ebb-Tidal Delta Dynamics for a Tide-Dominated Barrier Island....Pages 348-363 Ebb-Tidal Delta Response to Jetty Construction at Three South Carolina Inlets....Pages 364-381 Evolution of an Ebb-Tidal Delta after an Inlet Relocation....Pages 382-411 Sediment Interaction at Modified Coastal Inlets: Processes and Policies....Pages 412-439 Effects of Shore Protection and Dredging Projects on Beach Configuration Unjettied near Tidal Inlets in New Jersey....Pages 440-454 Back Matter....Pages 455-459