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Scientific reports and conferences
BAR PHASE III (2007 to 2008)
Presentation given at the final conference of Phase III in Dunkerque
BAR PHASE II (2005 to 2007)
English
Biodiversity Report
A robust method for surveying
shingle beaches within the Beaches At Risk (BAR) project area was
developed and tested on beaches between 2005 and 2006 on both sides of
the Channel. Thirty-seven sites in all, twenty-nine on the English
coast and eight sites on the French coast, were surveyed. At each site
two belt transects, perpendicular to the shore and running inland from
the seaward side of the beach were surveyed. Each transect was walked
twice, once up the beach and once back down. The presence of selected
plant species or species groups was recorded. Estimations of species
distribution and other shingle beach features were also recorded. These
data were used to categorise the beaches in terms of their biodiversity
value into one of the following three categories: Excellent, Good or
Impoverished. Each site was evaluated with respect to 12 criteria and a
Biodiversity Value Category (BVC) for each site was determined by the
mean category value for all 12 criteria. Six sites were categorised as
Excellent, twenty-two as Good, and nine as Impoverished. The survey
method has been produced as a pack in both French and English including
detailed instructions, a recording sheet, and a photographic
identification guide for the species to be looked for.
Vegetated Shingle Survey - Report without appendices (1.7 mb), Full report including appendices (24.9 mb), Appendices (23.1 mb), Survey Pack (zip files - 7.2 mb).
English
Scientific Geomorphology Reports
Final report The final report gives an overview over the
progress made from Phase I and refers to the individual reports and
scientific publications below. As many of these have already been
submitted to publishers, they cannot be are not freely available.
Additional beach behaviour analysis for Saltdean:
longshore transport investigation
Survey
analysis for Newhaven.
Platform erosion at Hope Gap
Report
on wave data
Conferences
Programme
Transnational Meeting 14 to 15 October 2005, Canterbury
Programme
Transnational Meeting 10 to 11 March 2006, Dunkerque
Programme Transnational Workshop on shingle
beaches 21 to 22 September 2006, University of Sussex (links to the
presentations through the programme)
Programme Final Conference PHase II 18 to 19
January 2007, Le Touquet (links to the presentations through the
programme)
BAR PHASE I (2003 to 2005)
English Biodiversity ReportTechniques for assessing shingle communities (7.5mb) and associated distribution maps (34.5mb)
Shingle biodiversity & habitat disturbance (1.2mb)
Sand dune sites in the BAR area and their major management issues (1.2mb)
French Scientific Report
Report (9mb)
Annex
English Scientific Geomorphology Reports
Beach recharge in Sussex and Kent (0.5mb)
Sources and characteristics of sand sized material in the BAR coasts (1.4mb)
Beach material properties (5.6mb)
Laboratory abrasion of flints (0.6mb)
Retreat of chalk cliffs and erosion of the chalk platform (2.4mb)
Controls on chalk cliff erosion in the eastern Channel (0.6mb)
Contribution of flint shingle from cliff retreat and shore platform erosion (0.6mb)
Longshore transport and in situ abrasion using resin tracers (4mb)
Longshore drift on the Sussex and Kent Coasts (5.2mb)
Review of beach behaviour models (0.6mb)
Changes in beach topography (10.6mb)
Changes in beach surface sediment composition (7.3mb)
Report on wave and tide measurements (0.2mb)
BAR Interim report 2004 (3mb)
Phase I - Final Conference (January 2005)
Programme (in French)
Book of abstracts (2.5mb)
Scientific
Publications
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie - Special Issue
published end 2008 
- Shoreline evolution and beach morphodynamics on the eastern Channel coasts
Chaverot, S., Héquette, A. & Cohen, O.Changes in storminess and shoreline evolution along the northern coast of France during the second half of the 20th century (with 7 figures) abstract
Laignel, B., Costa, S., Lequien, A., Massei, N., Durand, A., Dupont, J.P. & Le Bot, S. Current inputs of continental sediment to the English Channel and its beaches: A case study of the cliffs and littoral rivers of the Western Paris Basin (with 5 figures and 4 tables) abstract
Costa, S., Levoy, F., Monfort, O., Curoy, J., De Saint Léger, E. & Delahaye, D. Impact of sand content and cross-shore transport on the morphodynamics of macrotidal gravel beaches (Haute-Normandie, English Channel) (with 12 figures and 2 tables) abstract
Watt, T. Robinson, D.A., Moses, C.A. & Dornbusch, U. Patterns of surface sediment grain size distribution under the influence of varying wave conditions on a mixed sediment beach at Pevensey Bay, southeast England (with 9 figures) abstract
Reichmüth, B. & Anthony, E.J. Seasonal-scale morphological and dynamic characteristics of multiple intertidal bars (with 7 figures) abstract
Sedrati, M. & Anthony, E.J. Sediment dynamics and morphological change on the upper beach of a multi-barred macrotidal foreshore, and implications for mesoscale shoreline retreat: Wissant Bay, northern France (with 7 figures) abstract
- Influence of management practices on beach and coastal dune evolution
Moses, C.A. & Williams, R.B.G. Artificial beach recharge: the South East England experience (with 1 figure and 1 table) abstractDornbusch, U., Robinson, D.A., Moses C.A. & Williams R.B.G. Variation in beach behaviour in relation to groyne spacing and groyne type for mixed sand and gravel beaches, Saltdean, UK (with 9 figures and 2 tables) abstract
Aubry, A. & Ruz, M.H. Influences des épis sur la morphodynamique d’une plage à barres et à bâches, nord de la France (with 11 figures and 2 tables) abstract
Oblinger, A. & Anthony, E.J. Wave attenuation and intertidal morphology of a multi-barred macrotidal beach behind a breakwater (with 5 figures) abstract
Ruz, M.H & Anthony, E.J. Sand trapping by brushwood fences on a beach-foredune contact: the primacy of the local sediment budget (with 8 figures) abstract
- Storm surge, sea level rise and marine flooding hazards
Rufin-Soler, C., Héquette, A. & Gardel, A. Assessing the vulnerability of coastal lowlands to marine flooding using LiDAR data, Sangatte coastal dunes, northern France (with 7 figures) abstractSwift, R.H. Secular trends in tidal parameters along the eastern Channel and southern North Sea Basin coastlines (with 8 figures and 2 tables) abstract
Pirazzoli, P.A. & Tomasin, A. Tentative estimation of extreme sea levels in the English Channel by the year 2050 (with 3 figures and 2 tables) abstract
2007, 2008 and and in press
Anthony, E. J., M.-H. Ruz and S. Vanhée (submitted). Aeolian sand transport over complex intertidal bar-trough beach topography, Northern France. Geomorphology
Costa, S., F. Levoy, O. Monfort, E. De Saint Leger and D. Delahaye (submitted). Le rôle de la fraction sableuse sur le fonctionnement morpho-sédimentaire des plages de galets (Haute-Normandie, Manche orientale). Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplement Band
Curoy, J., U. Dornbusch, C. Moses, S. Costa and R. Williams (2007). Cross-shore and longshore transport of tracer pebbles on a macrotidal mixed sediment beach, Somme Estuary, France. Coastal Sediments 2007, New Orleans, Abstract
Dornbusch, U., C. Moses, D. Robinson and R. Williams (2008). Temporal and spatial variations of chalk cliff retreat rate in East Sussex, 1873 to 2001. Marine Geology, paper link
Dornbusch, U. & D. Robinson (2008). Block removal and step back-wearing as erosion processes on rock shore platforms: A case study of the chalk shore platforms of southeast England. BSG Annual Conference 3-4 July 2008, Exeter, abstract
Dornbusch, U., D. Robinson, C. Moses and R. B. G. Williams (in press). Soft copy photogrammetry to measure shore platform erosion on decadal time scales. Coastal and Marine Geospatial Technologies. D. Green, Springer.
Dornbusch, U., D. Robinson, R. Williams and C. Moses (2007). Chalk shore platform erosion in the vicinity of sea defence structures and the impact of construction methods. Coastal Engineering, 54: 801-810 paper link
Dornbusch, U., R. B. G. Williams, C. Moses and D. A. Robinson (2008). Intertidal shortening along the coast of Southeast England, UK - a re-evaluation. Journal of Coastal Research, 24(4c): 14-18 paper link
Dornbusch, U.(2008). Sediment transport through rock groynes on mixed beaches. Maritime Engineering:
paper link
Héquette,A., Yacine Hemdane, and Edward J. Anthony (2008). Determination of Sediment Transport Paths in Macrotidal Shoreface Environments: A Comparison of Grain-Size Trend Analysis with Near-Bed Current Measurements. Journal of Coastal Research, 24: 679-605
Lequien, A., J. P. Dupont, B. Laignel, Y. Copard, E. Dupuis and A. Durand (submitted). High frequency monitoring to identify factors controlling sediment yields in small river basins. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Moses, C., D. A. Robinson, R. B. G. Williams & U. Dornbusch (2008).Recent advances in quantifying chalk shore platform downwearing. BSG Annual Conference 3-4 July 2008, Exeter, poster
Pirazzoli, P. A., S. Costa and U. Dornbusch (2007). Flood threat anomaly for the low coastal areas of the English Channel based on analysis of recent characteristic flood occurrences Ocean Dynamics paper link
Reichmüth, B. and E. J. Anthony (submitted). Dynamics of intertidal drainage channels on a multi-barred macrotidal beach. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Reichmüth, B. and E. J. Anthony (in press). Tidal influence and intertidal bar morphology of macrotidal beaches, southern North Sea. Geomorphology
Tomasin, T. & P.A. Pirazolli (2008) Extreme Sea Levels in the English Channel: Calibration of the Joint Probability Method. Journal of Coastal Research 24(4c): 1-13 paper link
2006
Aernouts, D. and A. Héquette (2006). L’évolution du rivage et des petits fonds en Baie de Wissant pendant le XXè siècle, Pas-de-Calais, France. Géomorphologie: relief, processus et environnement, 1, 49-64. Abstract
Anthony, E. J. and M. Sedrati (2006). Morphodynmics of intertidal bars on wave-tide-dominated beaches: examples from northern France. British Geomorphological Research Group, 28-30 June 2006, Loughborough, Abstract, Poster
Anthony, E. J., S. Vanhée and M.-H. Ruz (2006): Short-term beach-dune sand budgets on the North Sea coast of France: sand supply from shoreface to dunes and the role of wind and fetch. - Geomorphology, 81: 316-329. paper link
Anthony, E. J., S. Vanhée and M.-H. Ruz (2006). Embryo dune development on a large, actively accreting macrotidal beach: Calais, North Sea coast of France. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Abstract
Chaverot, S. (2006). Impact des variations récentes des conditions météo-marines sur les littoraux meubles du Nord-Pas-de-Calais Thesis, Univeristy of Dunkerque. Dunkerque, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale. (click here for an abstract in english)
Costa, S., A. Hénaff and Y. Lageat (2006). The gravel beaches of north-west France and their contribution to the dynamic of the coastal cliff-shore platform system. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplement Volume 144: 199-214, journal link
Dornbusch, U., D. Robinson, C. Moses and R. B. G. Williams (2006). Chalk coast erosion and its contribution to the shingle budget in East Sussex. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplement Volume 144: 215-230, journal link, abstract
Dornbusch, U., D. Robinson, C. Moses, R. B. G. Williams and S. Costa (2006). Retreat of Chalk cliffs in the eastern English Channel during the last century. Journal of Maps, 2006: 71-78
Dornbusch, U., R. Williams, C. Moses and D. Robinson (2006). Intertidal shortening along the coast of Southeast England, UK - a critique. BGRG Annual Conference 28th-30th June 2006, Loughborough
Laignel, B. (2006). Characterization and erosive dynamics of geosystems on chalk substratum. Examples of the Western Paris Basin and North Western Europe. USGS 1 February 2006, Austin, Texas
Laignel, B. (2006). Bilan d'érosion et fonctionnement hydrologique des bassins versants à partir des enregistrements haute fréquence dans les eaux de surface. Exemple du système Ouest Bassin de Paris - Manche. Conférence, Université de Béjaia (Algérie), 6-7 November 2006
Laignel, B. and N. Massei (2006). Hydro-sedimentary transfers in the karstified chalky watersheds in the Western Paris Basin - Channel system. , . Fifth FRIEND World Conference, UNESCO Program. Water Resource Variability: Processes, Analyses and Impacts., Havana (Cuba), 27/11 to 1/12 2006
Pirazzoli, P. A., S. Costa, U. Dornbusch and A. Tomasin (2006). Recent evolution of surge-related events and assessment of coastal-flooding risk on the eastern coasts of the English Channel. Ocean Dynamic March 2006: 1-15.paper link
Sedrati, M. and E. J. Anthony (2006). Morphodynmics of intertidal bars on wave-tide-dominated beaches: examples from northern France. British Geomorphological Research Group, 28-30 June 2006, Loughborough, Abstract, Poster
2005
Aernouts, D. (2005). Le rôle des changements bathymétriques à l'avant côte sur l'évolution des littoraux meubles du Cap Gris-Nez à Dunkerque, Côte d'Opale, Nord de la France. Dunkerque, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale: 195
Anthony, E. J. and A. Héquette (2005). The role of shoreface sand supply in aeolian dune development on the North Sea coast of France. Late Quaternary Coastal Changes: Sea Level, Sedimentary Forcing and Anthropogenic Impacts, INQUA-IGCP 495 Meeting, 28 June - 2 July 2005, Dunkerque, France, Belgian Geological Survey, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Anthony, E. J., F. Levoy, O. Monfort and C. Degryse-Kulkarni (2005). Short-term intertidal bar mobility on a ridge-and-runnel beach, Merlimont, Northern France. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 30(1): 81-93. Abstract Journal Link
Chaverot, S., A. Héquette and O. Cohen (2005). Evolution of climatic forcings and potentially eroding events on the coast of Northern France. 5th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics. 5th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, April 2005, Barcelona, Spain, American Society of Civil Engineers.https://www.asce.org/bookstore/book.cfm?book=6361 Abstract
Dornbusch, U., D. Robinson, C. Moses and R. B. G. Williams (2005). Soft copy photogrammetry to measure shore platform erosion on decadal time scales. CoastGis, Aberdeen
Dornbusch, U., R. Williams and T. Watt (2005). Sedimentary structure of mixed sand and shingle beaches: preservation potential and environmental conditions. Late Quaternary Coastal Changes: Sea Level, Sedimentary Forcing and Anthropogenic Impacts, INQUA-IGCP 495 Meeting, 28 June - 2 July 2005, Dunkerque, France, Belgian Geological Survey, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Abstract
Héquette, A., S. Chaverot, D. Aernouts, O. Cohen and M.-H. Ruz (2005). Recent evolution of the coastline of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France : An assessment of natural and human induced changes. Late Quaternary Coastal Changes: Sea Level, Sedimentary Forcing and Anthropogenic Impacts, INQUA-IGCP 495 Meeting, 28 June - 2 July 2005, Dunkerque, France, Belgian Geological Survey, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Héquette, A., Y. Hemdane and E. J. Anthony (2005). Determination of sediment transport paths on a macrotidal shoreface: comparison of the "Gao and Collins" method with near-bed current measurements. 5th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, April 2005, Barcelona, Spain, American Society of Civil Engineers.https://www.asce.org/bookstore/book.cfm?book=6361 Abstract
Reichmüth, B. and E. J. Anthony (2005). Morphodynamic mobility of intertidal bars on a macrotidal 'ridge and runnel' beach, Dunkerque-Est, Côte d'Opale, Northern France. 5th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, April 2005, Barcelona, Spain, American Society of Civil Engineers.https://www.asce.org/bookstore/book.cfm?book=6361
Ruz, M.-H. (2005). Influence of high water levels on the evolution of an upper beach/dune system, Wissant Bay, Northern France. 5th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, April 2005, Barcelona, Spain
Ruz, M.-H., E. J. Anthony and L. Faucon (2005). Coastal dune evolution on a shoreline subject to strong human pressure : The Dunkirk area, Northern France. Dunes & Estuaries 2005, International Conference on Nature restoration practices in European coastal habitats, Koksijde, Belgium, 19-23 September 2005,
Sedrati, M. and E. J. Anthony (2005). The role of longshore currents in intertidalbar mobility on a macrotidal beach under high-energy wave conditions, Dune d'Amont, Wissant Bay, Northern France. 5th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, April 2005, Barcelona, Spain, American Society of Civil Engineers.
Sedrati, M. and E. J. Anthony (2005). Against the chronic erosion in Wissant Bay coast, northern France: Trials of management projects. Annual International Conference of Royal Geographical Society with IBG, 31 August- 2 September 2005, London, UK
Watt, T., U. Dornbusch, C. Moses and D. Robinson (2005). Surface sediment distribution patterns on mixed beaches in response to wave conditions. 5th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, April 2005, Barcelona, Spain, American Society of Civil Engineers.https://www.asce.org/bookstore/book.cfm?book=6361
2004
Aernouts, D. and Héquette, A., 2004. Minutes de bathymétrie et évolution des fonds marins : les abords du port de Calais. M@ppemonde, 73 Full text
Anthony, E.J., Levoy, O., and Monfort, O., 2004. Morphodynamics of intertidal bars on a megatidal beach, Merlimont, northern France. Marine Geology, 208: 73-100.
Costa, S., Delahaye, D., Freiré-Diaz, S., Di Nocera, L., Davidson, R., Plessis, E. 2004 Quantification of the Normandy and Picardy chalk cliff retreat by photogrammetric analysis. In: R.N. Mortimore and A. Duperret (Editors), Coastal Chalk Cliff stability. Engineering Geology Special Publications No 20. The Geological Society, London, pp. 139-147.
Dornbusch, U., C.A. Moses, D.A. Robinson and R.B.G. Williams 2004 Laboratory abrasion tests on beach flint shingle. in: Coastal Chalk Cliff Stability. Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publication 20: 131-138
Reichmüth, B. and Anthony, E.J., 2004. Evolutive trends of beach profiles with barred intertidal morphology during one year survey: examples of Côte d'Opale, Northern France. 23rd International Association of Sedimentologists Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal, September 2004.
Ruz, M.-H. and Meur-Férec, C. 2004. Influence of high water levels on aeolian sand transport: upper-beach/dune evolution on a macrotidal coast, Wissant Bay, Northern France. Geomorphology, 60: 73-87.
Ruz, M.-H. (2004). Formation et évolution des dunes bordières : modèles conceptuels. Bulletin de l'Association des Géographes Français - Actes du Colloque " Les littoraux sableux et dunaires ", Lille, 11 octobre 2003 81: 383-392
Sedrati, M. and Anthony, E,. 2004. Morphology and hydrodynamics of ridge and runnel beach under storm conditions, Dune d'Amont, Wissant Bay, Northern France. 23rd International Association of Sedimentologists Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal, September 2004.
Williams, R.B.G., D.A. Robinson, U. Dornbusch, Y.L.M. Foote, C.A. Moses and P.R. Saddleton 2004 A sturztstrom-like cliff fall on the chalk coast of Sussex, UK. in: Coastal Chalk Cliff Stability. Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publication 20: 89-97
2003
Dornbusch, U., Robinson, D.A., Williams, R.B.G. and C.A. Moses 2003 Estimation of abrasion on flint shingle beaches in East Sussex, UK. Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Sediments 2003. CD-ROM Published by World Scientific Publishing Corp. and East Meets West Productions, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. ISBN 981-238-422-7
Reichmüth, B. 2003. Contribution à la connaissance de la morphodynamique des plages à barres intertidales : exemples de la côte d'Opale, Nord de la France, PhD. Thesis, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Dunkerque, 248 p.