Short-term change in the sedimentary balance of Icaraí Beach (Caucaia, Ceará) during storm surge

Authors

  • Davis Pereira Paula Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú
  • Antônio Raylton Rodrigues Bendô Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú
  • Ismael Furtado Pereira Lima Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú
  • José Wilker Oliveira Alves Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14808/sci.plena.2016.045301

Keywords:

Storm surge, Coastal Erosion, Sediment Balance

Abstract

This paper presents results of a field experiment conduced to evaluate the morphological answer to a sandy beach for a storm surge event. The study was realized in Icaraí Beach (Caucaia – CE) located on the coast of the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza, Ceará state. The field experiment was based on continuous monitoring of five control sessions from topographic and oceanographic information. Was done 7 field campaigns between 01/28/2014 and 09/02/2014. The morphological response of observed excerpts was noticed were different in terms of erosion and deposition. The limited section by anthropic dunes (S1) presented berm and submerged beach erosion. Coastal stretches limited by shell-work of a coastal protection (S2 to S4) presented a decrease of the upper part of the beach profile. On the front stretch of the dune (S5) there was a general erosion of the dune and berm. The results showed this beach is quite vulnerable to storm wave action.

Author Biographies

Davis Pereira Paula, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú

Departamento de Engenharia Civil/Doutor em Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente/ Laboratório de Engenharia Ambiental e Geotecnologias, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, 62.040-370, Sobral-Ceará, Brasil

Antônio Raylton Rodrigues Bendô, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú

Departamento de Engenharia Civil/Laboratório de Engenharia Ambiental e Geotecnologias, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, 62.040-370, Sobral-Ceará, Brasil

Ismael Furtado Pereira Lima, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú

Departamento de Engenharia Civil/Laboratório de Engenharia Ambiental e Geotecnologias, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, 62.040-370, Sobral-Ceará, Brasil

José Wilker Oliveira Alves, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú

Departamento de Engenharia Civil/Laboratório de Engenharia Ambiental e Geotecnologias, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, 62.040-370, Sobral-Ceará, Brasil

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Published

2016-04-08

How to Cite

Paula, D. P., Bendô, A. R. R., Lima, I. F. P., & Alves, J. W. O. (2016). Short-term change in the sedimentary balance of Icaraí Beach (Caucaia, Ceará) during storm surge. Scientia Plena, 12(4). https://doi.org/10.14808/sci.plena.2016.045301

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Vol. 12 No. 4 (2016): April/Abril 2016

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