The Ebro Delta Project: A First Sediment Budget

by Jos? A. Jim?nez, Univ Politecnia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain,
Agust?n S?nchez-Arcilla, Univ Politecnia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain,
Marc A. Garc?a, Univ Politecnia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain,
Jan van Overeem, Univ Politecnia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain,
Andr?s Maldonado, Univ Politecnia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Coastal Sediments

Abstract:

In this paper, a sedimentary budget for the Ebro delta coast in the Western Mediterranean is presented. Calculations have been performed after one year of field campaign. The main result is an overall lost of sediment material of about 620 * 10³ m³/yr. The river solid discharge, in the same period, has been of about 40* 10³ m³/yr. This discharge is, therefore, too low to counterbalance the erosion. The paper also presents general sediment transport patterns. The main areas of accretion are, in our days, the end of both spits. The two bays (Fangar and Alfacs) behave as sediment sinks.

Subject Headings: Sediment | Sediment transport | Beach accretion | Water discharge | Erosion | Budgets | Transportation engineering | Mediterranean Sea

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