Short- to mid-term shoreline changes along the southeastern coast of Gran Canaria Island (Spain)

Paola, Gianluigi Di; Rodrı́guez, Germán; Rosskopf, Carmen Maria

doi:10.1007/s12210-020-00872-3

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“…In this sense, the above hypothesis arises from different studies, which have shown (at different spatial and temporal scales), that there is a continued stability over time, or even a progradation along the study area of this research (El Inglés beach), which is the main sediment input to the Maspalomas dune system (Alonso Bilbao et al, 2001;Quevedo--Medina and Hernández-Calvento, 2014;García-Romero et al, 2016;Fontán-Bouzas et al, 2019;Di Paola et al, 2020). Nevertheless, in the last few decades, the dune system has lost a mean annual amount of approximately 45,000 m 3 of sediment input (Medina et al, 2007), causing a sediment shortage.…”

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“…This profile variation differs considerably from highly dynamic beaches where the slope varies between 2 and 5 m (Bértola et al, 2009). In addition, the variation of the slope in the study area is an unusual situation in dynamic beach systems, and much less common in eastward-facing beaches in the Canary Islands (Di Paola et al, 2020).…”

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“…In addition, many of these structures are located close to the plant specimens that construct the foredune in a way that affects the sediment that reaches them and contributes to the formation of wind shadow corridors (Alonso Bilbao et al, 2007;Medina et al, 2007;Hernández-Calvento, 2002;Sanromualdo-Collado et al, 2021). Moreover, El Inglés beach has kept and steady coastline along the years, compared to the great sediment loss in Maspalomas beach, while the beaches in the north part of El Inglés beach coastlines slightly advanced thanks to the groins built there between 2004 and 2009, but not having any effect in El Inglés beach (Medina et al, 2007;Di Paola et al, 2020).…”

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“…Tides in the coast are under a meso-tidal regime with a semidiurnal tide pattern, also, waves in this beach propagate with a NNE to ENE direction almost perpendicular to El Inglés beach during the year and waves from SSW to WSWS only during winter. Meanwhile in Mapalomas beach waves follow a SW travel parallel to the coast (Di Paola et al, 2020;Fontán-Bouzas et al, 2019;Fontán et al, 2012).…”

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“…The main problem is the selection of a threshold level that satisfies the criterion of independence of events and at the same time allows the identification of a sufficiently large number of events for the sample to be statistically representative. For this reason, there is great variability in criteria to establish this parameter, depending mainly on the geographic location and the local average wave climate [18]. due to various reasons, wind and wave prediction models have some limitations in their ability to reproduce real conditions, mainly in areas with complex topography, such as islands (e.g., [19,20]).…”

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Spatiotemporal Variability of Extreme Wave Storms in a Beach Tourism Destination Area

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This study explores the spatiotemporal variability of extreme wave storms around the Canary archipelago, with special focus on the southern coastal flank of Tenerife island, a strategic beach tourism destination of large socioeconomic importance. To this end, experimental and simulated data of winds and waves are used to study the severity, seasonality, and directionality of wave storms with considerable potential to cause significant impact on beaches. Furthermore, tidal experimental records are employed to test the joint occurrence of wave storms and significantly high sea levels. Long-term statistical analysis of extreme wave storms at different locations reveals a complex spatial pattern of wave storminess around the islands and in the southern flank of Tenerife, due to the intricacy of the coastline geometry, the presence of deep channels between islands, the high altitude and complex topography of the islands, and the sheltering effects exerted by each island over the others, depending on the directionality of the incident wave fields. In particular, south of Tenerife, the energy content and directionality of wave storms show substantial spatial variability, while the timing of extreme wave storms throughout the year exhibits a marked seasonal character. A specific extreme storm is examined in detail, as an illustrative case study of severe beach erosion and infrastructure damage.

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Impacts of anthropogenic structures in long- and short-term shoreline evolution of Santa Marta Bay (Colombian Caribbean)

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Interaction of Anthropic interventions (rigid structures) with coasts is an essential aspect for understanding their geomorphic evolution and incorporating these data into adequate coastal management. This study analyses the short and long-term behavior (1985 to 2019) of shoreline at Santa Marta Bay (Caribbean - Colombia) and their relationship with coastal protection structures. The shoreline variations were analyzed through aerial photographs and satellite images using DSAS tools. The short-term assessment showed initial intense 1985–1991 erosion, with an average retreat speed rate of − 1.6 m·y− 1. It changed gradually since 2003, due to the construction of rigid structures and beach nourishment, decreasing shoreline retreat and even a progradation rate of 0.2 m·y− 1 was observed. The 2009–2019 period, despite recording a positive average value, exhibited a high percentage of erosion profiles. Therefore, in a decadal or long-term analysis (1985–2019), despite engineering works present positive results in the short term, new interventions are required. The coastal erosion is not uniform along the shoreline, because the area is a closed bay with small sediment inputs, the variations in erosion and accretion rates change with human intervention and the installation of new structures. Therefore, quantifying the scale and rate of shoreline changes and correlating them with anthropogenic structures is an essential step in assessing shoreline vulnerability.

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Short- to mid-term shoreline changes along the southeastern coast of Gran Canaria Island (Spain)

Cited by 13 publications

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Can the long-term effects of beach cleaning heavy duty machinery on aeolian sedimentary dynamics be detected by monitoring of vehicle tracks? An applied and methodological approach

Can the long-term effects of beach cleaning heavy duty machinery on aeolian sedimentary dynamics be detected by monitoring of vehicle tracks? An applied and methodological approach

Spatiotemporal Variability of Extreme Wave Storms in a Beach Tourism Destination Area

Impacts of anthropogenic structures in long- and short-term shoreline evolution of Santa Marta Bay (Colombian Caribbean)

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