The influence of ice on southern Lake Michigan coastal erosion
Journal of Great Lakes Research
By: P. W. Barnes, E. W. Kempema, E. Reimnitz, and M. McCormick
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Abstract
Coastal ice does not protect the coast but enhances erosion by displacing severe winter wave energy from the beach to the shoreface and by entraining and transporting sediment alongshore and offshore. Three aspects of winter ice in Lake Michigan were studied over a 3-year period and found to have an important influence on coastal sediment dynamics and the coastal sediment budget: (1) the influence of coastal ice on shoreface morphology, (2) the transport of littoral sediments by ice, and (3) the formation of anchor and underwater ice as a frequent and important event entraining and transporting sediment. The nearshore ice complex contains a sediment load (0.2 - 1.2 t/m of coast) that is roughly equivalent to the average amount of sand eroded from the coastal bluffs and to the amount of sand ice- rafted offshore to the deep lake basin each year. -from Authors
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The influence of ice on southern Lake Michigan coastal erosion |
| Series title | Journal of Great Lakes Research |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Journal of Great Lakes Research |
| First page | 179 |
| Last page | 195 |
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