Chapter 4: Coastal structures
4.5 Beach nourishment (4)
| European Coasts - An Introductory Survey Chapter 4: Coastal structures 4.5 Beach nourishment (4) |
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| Fig 99: The situation in 1978 before the second stockpile nourishment at Sylt, Germany | Fig 100: The situation just after the second stockpile nourishment in 1978 | Fig 101: The same location after one year (1979). The sand used for nourishment has been distributed along the coast |
This chapter ends with a series of photographs of stockpile nourishments. The series starts with the situation just before the second beach nourishment in this region. The development of the beach in the years after the nourishment gives an insight into the principle of stockpile nourishment.
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