The managed section of the beach will be affected more than the unmanaged section from longshore drift and thus cause coastal erosion
Purpose of Enquiry
H1:
The managed section of the beach will be affected more than the unmanaged section from longshore drift and thus cause coastal erosion.
My intentions are to carry out an investigation, which will determine the affects of longshore drift. The area under study will be Reculver coastline. It is an area situated on the North Kent Coast. The investigation itself will be broken into two different parts, these being the affect of longshore drift on a managed section which has groynes to trap sediment with an area of rip-rap to break the force of waves, thus forming a protective beach. I will also conduct an investigation on an unmanaged section where the coastline is under threat by natural erosion. My group and myself will assess these areas before continuing with any data collection, when we had discovered a managed and unmanaged section; it seemed a perfect environment to compare the affects of longshore drift between the two areas.
These two areas as shown on the map are separated by boulders (called rip-rap). However, these two stretches of coastline either side or the rip-rap are close enough together so that there is little change in sea conditions, wind speed and direction.
I understand that longshore drift is an important coastal process as it is related to the transportation and deposition of sediment and how either erosion occurs by abrasion or attrition or hydraulic action.
By studying the hypothesis, my main focus is to answer 'how does human management have an affect on the process of longshore drift?'
H1:
The managed section of the beach will be affected more than the unmanaged section from longshore drift and thus cause coastal erosion.
My intentions are to carry out an investigation, which will determine the affects of longshore drift. The area under study will be Reculver coastline. It is an area situated on the North Kent Coast. The investigation itself will be broken into two different parts, these being the affect of longshore drift on a managed section which has groynes to trap sediment with an area of rip-rap to break the force of waves, thus forming a protective beach. I will also conduct an investigation on an unmanaged section where the coastline is under threat by natural erosion. My group and myself will assess these areas before continuing with any data collection, when we had discovered a managed and unmanaged section; it seemed a perfect environment to compare the affects of longshore drift between the two areas.
These two areas as shown on the map are separated by boulders (called rip-rap). However, these two stretches of coastline either side or the rip-rap are close enough together so that there is little change in sea conditions, wind speed and direction.
I understand that longshore drift is an important coastal process as it is related to the transportation and deposition of sediment and how either erosion occurs by abrasion or attrition or hydraulic action.
By studying the hypothesis, my main focus is to answer 'how does human management have an affect on the process of longshore drift?'
