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Longshore Sediment Transport Model for the Indian West Coast

Author(s): P. Chandramohan and B. U. Nayak
Source: Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 775-787
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 Journal of Coastal Research 8 4 1 775-787 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fall 1992 1

Longshore Sediment Transport Model for the Indian West Coast

P. Chandramohan and B.U. Nayak

Ocean Engineering Division

National Institute of Oceanography
Dona Paula
Goa 403 004, India

ABSTRACT I

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CHANDRAMOHAN, P. and NAYAK, B.U., 1992. Longshore sediment transport model for t
west coast. Journal of Coastal Research, 8(4), 775-787. Fort Lauderdale (Florida), ISSN 0749-02

Longshore sediment transport rates for the Indian west coast from Cochin to Porbandar are e
from ship observed wave data (1968 to 1986). The sediment transport rate is relatively high du
southwest monsoon period from June to September. Annual gross sediment transport rate is
2 x 106 m3) along north Kerala, north Karnataka and south Gujarat coasts. Maharashtra coast
relatively low annual net transport (0.1 x 106 m3). The annual net transport is south along nor
and Karnataka coasts. Coasts near Malvan, Dabhol, Murud and Tarapur appear to be nodal drif
with equal volume of transport in either direction annually.

ADDITIONAL INDEX WORDS: Sediment transport, Indian coast, longshore transport, nod
littoral drift, rose diagrams.

INTRODUCTION erosion is active along the entire stretch of the

India has a vast coastal zone with about 7,000 Kerala coast and at a few places along the Kar-
Km long shoreline bounded by the Bay of Bengal nataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts. No in-
on the east, the Indian Ocean on the south and tegrated studies have been undertaken to assess
the Arabian Sea on the west. The morphology of the littoral environment along the west coast. In-
the Indian coast is quite heterogeneous. A low and strumentally measured wave data for this region
fairly straight east coast is dominated by long are very limited. Ship-reported wave information
sandy beaches. Whereas the west coast is highly published in Daily Weather Reports were com-
indented with headlands and inlets studded with piled for the present study for estimating the
a number of sandy beaches (Figure 1). The coastlongshore sediment transport rates. The study area
comprises the Indian west coast from Cochin in
along the West Bengal is characterised by shoals
and spits, whereas the Orissa, Andhra Pradesh Kerala to Porbandar in Gujarat (Figure 1).
and Tamilnadu coasts are marked by long sandy WAVE DATA
beaches backed by large sand dunes. Long beach-
es are found between Cochin and Calicut on the The India Meteorological Department publ
west coast. Low cliffs, pocket beaches and bays weather data transmitted by ships plyin
es
Indian waters in the form of Indian Daily W
are predominant from Calicut to Mangalore. Kar-
nataka and Maharashtra coastal stretches are Reports. Wave heights in half metres, peri
characterised by creeks, headlands, barriers seconds
and and directions in ten degree resolut
are
pocket beaches. Rocky shores with intermittent reported (SHIPS WEATHER CODE, 1982).
sandy beaches are the dominant featuresthe directional information is not given fo
along
the south Gujarat coast. Gulf of Kutch is marked sea waves, only the swell data reported f
by deep inlets, offshore islands and marshes. Rann 1968 to 1986 were considered for the
periods
of Kutch gets flooded during the monsoon entand
study. The study region is divided into 3
becomes dry and barren the rest of the year. each Beach of 50 x 5* size and the swell data pert
to each grid were compiled (Figure 1). The t
number of wave data points compiled were
2,6021991.
91027 received 19 March 1991; accepted in revision 12 August and 1,158 for the grids 1, 2 and 3, re

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776 Chandramohan and Nayak

7 00 75p E

GUJARAT Shallow regions

Porbandar

Novibandar (

GRID Mangrol Diu <:7 J

ACAMBAY Valsod
20
20
N
R
--Urn
- -goon
arapur- D 200
NN
N A MAHARASHTRA
,B Bombay

BI Allbhag Murud

A GRID A ud
N Aho
algarh
atnagiril

S
evgarh KARNATAKA
E MaIvan
Vengur a

A0
I5 )----- Orwar
I
700E 750 80 850 9 rwar

PA GUJARAT
1 WEST BENGAL
onavar
Coondapur
20' Malpe

A ORISSA D
MAHAASRA GRID angalore
B ANDRA PRADESH argod
B -5
KARNATA
E;< KERALA
A-

N BAY
GRID Ocu?
S KERALA TAMILNADU 00
KERALA -
E BENGAL onnani
A

*O INDIAN OCEAN ,10

S7Cochin '1
70 75OE
Figure 1. Location map.

tively. A wave data point contains inf

LONGSHORE SEDIMENT
wave height, period and direction.
Both the SHORE PROTECTION TRANSPORT EQUATION MANU
and JARDINE (1979) The longshoresuggested
sediment transport rate is gen-cons
visually observederally
waveestimated from an empirical equation,
height as re- sign
latingengineering
height for coastal the longshore energy flux in the breaker
applica
the ship reported wave
zone to the heights
longshore transport rate. Several dis- ar
cussions have
equal to deep water already appeared on the selection
significant wave
and the visuallyof suitable
measured wave
equations for the estimation of long- pe
shore sediment transport (GRAFF and OVEREEM,
crossing wave periods (Tz).

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 Longshore Sediment Transport 777

1979; WILLIS, 1980). CHANDRAMOHAN et al. (1988)

have discussed the suitability of the Shore Pro-
tection Manual equation for N
estimating the long-
shore transport rate for the Indian coast. Based
on the SHORE PROTECTION MANUAL (1975, 1984),
SLand
the deep water version of the longshore transport
equation, which is related to the longshore Sea com-
ponent of the wave energy
Sea
flux factor, is given by,
SLand
Q =64-r 1,290Pg T(H0.K,)2 i. :c
sin 2ab (1)
e' ::

where, Q = volume rate of longshore sediment

transport in m3/yr, p = sea water density in Kg/
m3, g = acceleration due to gravity in m/sec2, T Figure 2. Definition
= wave period in sec, ab is the breaker angle and
Ho is the deep water wave height in m, and Kr is
the refraction coefficient.
By incorporating the effect of wave shoaling I
and bottom friction, Eqn. (1) can be rewritten as, K, = (5)

and,
Q = 1,290 647r
-2 T(Ho -K,r- K K,)2 sin 2ab (2)
where, K, and K, are the shoaling and bottom
friction coefficients. 00c Oc\
p(t) = -2 cos 01ax
sin 0c-
ay)
As the data compiled for the present study cor-
q(t) = sin20 - sin20
respond to deep water conditions, Eqn. (2) is used c )x2/ OXgy
to estimate the longshore sediment transport rate.

Estimation of K,, K, and K, (cos20 (9y2

2-
The bottom contours are assumed to be straight where, c = wave celerity, 0 = direction of wave
and parallel and the average slope of the near- orthogonal with x axis. The effect of bottom fric-
shore study region is estimated as 1:600 tion is incorporated using the relationship (SKOV-
(HYDROGRAPHIC CHARTS, 1976). The procedure GAARD et al., 1975),
explained in SKOVGAARD and others (1975), is fol-
dKf (8 dcfK (6)
lowed to compute the shoaling, refraction and
bottom friction coefficients.
dt 3-L dhamfeKf (6)
Small amplitude wave theory gives the shoalingwhere, am = horizontal particle amplitude at bed,
coefficient as, given as,
H 1
K tanh kh 1 + sinh 2kh) (3) am =
2 sinh Kh
[th ( 2kha --0.5
where, h = water depth, k = wave number = 2-r/LBy JONSSON and CARLSEN (1976), the friction pa-
and L = wave length. rameter, fe, is given as,
The differential equation for the refraction of
wave orthogonals in Cartesian coordinate system
f, = 0.3 for am/kN < 1.57
of x and y axes is given by (MUNK and ARTHUR,
1952; ORR and HERBICH, 1969), 4 + log( 41 = -0.08 + log(ad/kN)
d2P dp
for am/kN > 1.57
+ p(t)- + ((4)
dt2 dt q(t)# = 0 (4)
where, 3 = the orthogonalwhere, kN = Nikuradse
separation factorroughness
and parameter.
is related to the refractionThere
coeficient as,
is a lot of inconsistency in arriving kN, and

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Q(uantity of sediment transport in

JAN 0 .18 .36 .54 .72 .90 FEB 0 .18 .36 .54 .72 .90

250 1100 250 1100

230* 1300 2300- 1300

2100 150a 2100 1500
1900 170 0 1900 1700
GRID 1

MAR 0 .2 .4 .6 .8 1.0 APR 0 .14 .28 .42 .56 .70

2500 110 0 2500110

2300 1300 2300 1300

2100 1500
1900 1700 210150
1900 1700
- Southerly ---- Northerly
MAY 0 .24 .48 .72 .96 1.20 JUN 0 .72 1.44 2.16 2.88 3.60

250 1100 2500 11

2300 " - - 1300 230 / 130

2100 1500 2100 1500

1900 1700 1900 1700

Figure 3a. Variation of monthly longshore transport r

June.

it has been considered as 1 H=oo T=ao 0'=3c+%r

twice the 90% pa
Qm12=H=O
size at sea bed as suggested - T=O
Qby x0'=0C
fm(H, T,0') (7)
LAMBRAKOS
In a Cartesian coordinate system, with th
axis parallel to the where,
coast and
Q = annual volumey rateaxis perpen
of longshore trans-
port from
to the coast and 0', the Eqn. (2), Qmof
angle = monthly
the volume rate of
incomin
orthogonal to the xlongshore
axis, transport,
Eqn. fm(H,(4)
T, 0') =is
frequency
solved of
the Runge-Gill method occurrencewithof a particular set of (H, T,condit
initial 0') in a
= 1 in deep water. More details of the num
month, and ,c = angle of the coastline with ref-
scheme is presented erence
in to north
SKOVGAARD (Figure 2). et al.
Thus the shoaling (K,), refraction (K,) an
tom friction (K,) coefficients and the break
ROSE DIAGRAMS
gle (ab) are
determined and are used in E
The method for
for obtaining the breaking measuring
wave the orientation
height.
the coastline
In order to retain the with reference to thewave
individual north for the
data p
in the computation,place the of interest is shown in Figure 2. Using
summation Eqn.
procedu
estimating the monthly (7), the direction
transportand monthly longshore
ratesedimentin the
el is given by, transport rate for every 100 variation in the ori-

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Quantity of sediment transport in 10 m / mon

JUL 0 .84 1.68 2.52 3.36 4.20 AUG 0 .72 1.44 2.16

2500 1 0 7 100 250 110

230' 0 1300 230s \ 1300
2100 1500 2100 1500
1900 1700 190, 1700
GRID I

SEP 0 .4 .8 1.2 1.6 2.0 OCT 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5

250 1100 2501 ,,c 0 110

230' 130 0 2300 1300
210. 1500 2100 1500
1900 1700 1900 1700

- Southerly --- Northerly

NOV 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 DEC 0 .12 .24 .36 .48 .60

2500 I 1100 2500 1100

230 - 130 230" 30

210 1500 2100 1500

1900 170" 190 0 1700
Figure 3b. Variation of monthly longshore transport ra
December.

entation of the coastline in each grid are estimatedFor example, the orientation of the coastal seg-
and presented as rose diagrams for the grids 1, ment2 at Mangalore beach is 1630 to north. From
and 3 in Figures 3a and b, 4a and b and 5a and Figure 1, it is seen that Mangalore coast lies on
b, respectively. The following procedure is then the west coast in grid 1. Referring to the rose
adopted to obtain a sediment transport rate at diagrams
a corresponding to grid 1 in Figure 3a, for
given segment of the coast from the rose diagrams: the month of January, the sediment transport rate
(1) measure the angle of inclination of the coast- for the orientation of 1600 and 170* are 0.243 x
line with respect to the north in clockwise direc- 106 m3 and 0.405 x 105 m3 respectively. Hence,
for Mangalore having orientation of 163*, using
tion (03) as shown in Figure 2, either using a survey
instrument in the field or using the protractor linear interpolation, the sediment transport rate
from the detailed maps; (2) identify the grid in in January is estimated to be 0.292 x 105 m3 per
which the coastal segment of interest falls (Figure month in a southerly direction and there is no
1); (3) referring to the rose diagrams of the cor- significant transport in a northerly direction.
responding grid, the longshore sediment trans-WALTON (1973) has presented similar rose dia-
port rate is read for the known orientation of the grams for the Florida coast and CHANDRAMOHAN
coastal segment; (4) linear interpolation is madeet al. (1990) has presented them for the south
for the coast oriented with an intermediate angle. Indian coast.

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Quantity of sediment transport in

JAN 0 .18 :36 .54 .72 .90 FEB 0 .18 .36 .54 .72 .90

2500 1100 2500 1100

230-0 . 1300 2300. 130.

210* C150 2100 1500
1900 1700 GRID 2 190 1700

MAR 0 .18 .36.54 .72 .90 APR 0 .18 .36 .54 .72 .90

2500 110 250 1100

23001 1300 23061300

2100 1500 2100 1500
1900 1700 1900 1700

- Southerly --- Northerly

MAY 0 .22 .44 .66 .88 1.10 JUN 0 .72 1.44 2.16 2.88 3.60

2500 : 1100 250 0 10

2300 ' - 130 2300 1300
2100 1500 210 0 150
1900 1700 1900 1700

Figure 4a. Variation of monthly longshore transp

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION rates, with a gross volume of 1.73 x 106 m3/year
Grid 1 covers the coast from Cochin to Karwar and a net volume of 1.39 x 106 m3/year. The av-
(625 Km), grid 2 from Goa to Tarapur (730 Km) erage orientation of the coastline over grid 1 is
and grid 3 from Umbergaon to Porbandar (1,175 about 1500, and for this, the annual gross and net
Km) (Figure 1). Annual gross and net transport transport rates are 1.6 x 106 m3 and 1.1 x 106 m3
rates for the grids 1 to 3 are presented in Figure respectively.
6. The transport rates at selected locations of the Referring to Table 1, the Mangalore coast is
study area are presented in Table 1. subjected to annual transport rate of 0.36 x 106
m3 in the north and 1.07 x 106 m3 in the south.
The BEACH EROSION BOARD (1987) has reported
Cochin to Karwar (Grid 1) an annual southerly net transport of 0.1 x 106 m3
Referring to Figure 3a and b, for the coast for this region. The annual net transport is rela-
between Cochin and Karwar, the monthly sedi- tively high at Tellicherry and Karwar, and low at
ment transport rate exceeds 3 x 105 m3 during Malpe and Coondapur.
June to September, and it is relatively low during
the rest of the year. The annual net transport is Goa to Tarapur (Grid 2)
towards the south (Figure 6). Coasts inclined 1300 Figure 4a and b indicates that for the coastline
to north would undergo high sediment transport between Goa and Tarapur, the direction of long-

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Quantity of sediment transport in 105 m / m

JUL 0 .92 1.84 2.76 3.68 4.60 AUG 0 .8 .16 .24 .32 .40

250. 1100 250' 110c

230 1300 230 1300

2100 %1500 210' 1500

1900 1700 GRID 2 190' 1700

SEP 0 .4 .8 1:2 1.6 2.0 OCT 0 .08 .16 .24 .32 .40

2500 / 1100 250 110/

230 / 1300 2300

210' L 1700
1900 15001900
_ 11700
1502
- Southerly ---Northerly
NOV 0 .14 .28 .42 .56 .70 DEC 0 .14 .28 .42 .56 .70

250? 1100 250' 1100

2300 1300 2300 1300

210 0 1500 210 1 1500

190? 170' 1900 170'
Figure 4b. Variation of monthly longshore transport rate with coastal orientation betw

shore sediment transport is northerly during

Umbergaon June(Grid 3)
to Porbandar
to September and southerly for Between
the rest of the
Umbergaon and Valsad, the sediment
year. Monthly transport rate exceeds
transport is2towards
x 105the m3south from October to
from June to September, and is low
April and about
northwards 0.4 x
during the rest of the year
105 m3 from December to February.
(Figure 5a and b). The annual net transport is
Coasts having an inclination of 1300 to north
towards the north. Monthly transport rate is high,
would undergo high transport exceeding
rate, with 3 x 10am3gross
from May to September,
volume of 1.69 x 106 m3/year andand is a net
low, volume
about 0.5 x 105 m3 during the rest of
of 1.34 x 106 m3/year. The annual net
the year. transport
Between Diu and Porbandar, the sedi-
is towards the south for the coasts having
ment transport isinclined
towards the east throughout the
up to 1600 to north, and towardsyear north for the
except November. The monthly transport
coasts inclined more than 170* to the north. The
rate is high, exceeding 2.3 x 105 m3 during June
Goa coast undergoes a northerly transport of 0.63
to August.
x 106 m3/year and a southerly transport of 0.76
x 106 m3/year (Table 1).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION
The annual net transport is negligible near Mal-
van, Dabhol, Murud and Tarapur, and they be- The monthly longshore sediment transport
have as nodal drift points. and direction at different locations along the

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Quantity of sediment transport in 10 m / month
JAN 0 .12 .24 .36 .48 .60 FEB 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5

250 - - 1100 250 110-

2300 ( 130 230 130

210 1500 2100 1500
190. 170 GRID 3 190 1700
GRID 3

MAR 0 .12 .24 .36 .48 .60 APR 0 .18 .36 .54 .72 .90

250 \ 10* 250 1100

2300 130D 230 'X 1300

2100S 150 210 1500

1900 1700 1900 1700

- Southerly ----Northerly
MAY 0 .4 .8 1.2 1.6 2.0 JUN 0 .72 1.44 2.16 2.88 3.60

2500 10 10 250 110

2300 / N 1300 230 / 130*

2101500 2 10 , O 1500
1900 1700 1900 1700

Figure 5a. Variation of monthly longshore transport rate

to June.

very stable and

region is shown in Figure 7. itThe
does notlongshore
have a problem of tr
annual net
port is southerly from erosion or excess deposition.
January to May, The in- and
crease September,
tober. During June to in annual net transport volume
the near Bom-
trans
bay, Goa and Mangalore are
is northerly along Maharashtra andbalanced by the sed-Gu
south
coasts and southerly along
iments the
brought by the Karnataka
large rivers at these places.
north Kerala coasts. The distribution of annual
COMPARISON WITH
gross and net transport is shown in Figure 8. An-
FIELD EXPERIMENTS
nual gross sediment transport rate is high (1.5 x
106 m3-2.0 x 106 m3) along the coasts of northField experiments were conducted for t
Kerala, north Karnataka and south Gujarat. The months in March and April, 1990 at Karwar
annual net transport is towards the south along ure 1). The surfzone suspended sediment
Karnataka and north Kerala coasts. The Maha- (CHANDRAMOHAN et al., 1991), and surfzone
rashtra coast experiences negligible quantity streamer
of traps (KRAUS et al., 1989) were used in
annual net transport. The trend of the annual arrays
net across the surfzone as shown in Figure 9.
transport obtained in the model, closely agrees The traps were deployed in the surfzone for 6
with the prevailing coastal processes along thecontinuously every day, and from the vol-
hours
west coast of India. The coast of Maharashtra is ume of the trapped sediment, the average sedi-

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OQuantity of sediment transport in 10 m / month
JUL 0 .84 1.68 2.52 3.36 4.20 AUG 0 .72 1.44 2.16 2.88 3.60

250 0 1100 250 ' 1100

230_ 1300 2300 1300

210 1500
190. 170 0 1900 1700
210 0 150

GRID 3

SEP 0 .44 .88 1.32 1.76 2.20 OCT 0 .14 .28 .42 .56 .70

2500 1100 25010

230 130 0 230 -130

210 - 0 1500 2100 150B
1900 1700 1900 170D

- Southerly Northerly
NOV 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 DEC 0 .12 .24 .36 .48 .50

250 1100 2500 110

230 130 230 130

2100 1500 210 150

1900 1700 1900 1700

Figure 5b. Variation of monthly longshore transport

to December.

ment load across the surfzone was estimated. Oth- might be attributed to the difficulties in keeping
er details of the trap experiments are discussed the arrays firm for 6 continuous hours during high
in CHANDRAMOHAN et al., 1991. The average long- waves.

shore current across the surfzone was determined The coastal stretches in the vicinity
using fluorescent dye. The sediment transport rateVengurla and Devgarh ports on the M
(Q) is estimated from the sediment load across coast are quite stable as no significan
the surfzone (S) and the corresponding averageor erosion problem could be noticed.
longshore current velocity (V), using Q = S x V. evident from the present study whic
The average longshore transport rates in March that the annual net sediment transpor
and April, based on field experiments were, 2,030 at these places are almost negligible.
m3 and 3,762 m3 respectively, whereas, the model
shows 9,058 m3 and 3,758 m3 respectively. It in-
CONCLUSIONS
dicates a close agreement between the model re-
sult and field experiment in April, but a slight The present study is based on the ship-rep
deviation in March. The direction of the transported, visually-observed wave data, and it is ass
remained the same both in the model and field that the coast is comprised of long and open
experiment. The deviation of the result in March beaches with an adequate sand supply. Bec

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Table 1. Longshore transport rate at important places.

Quantity of sediment transport in 105 m3/month

Places Northerly Southerly
0 4 8 12 16 20
Ponnani 0.287 1.240
Calicut 0.349 1.089
Tellicherry 0.192 1.516
Kasargod 0.294 1.218
Mangalore 0.362 1.069
/ 4 Malpe 0.562 0.819
230o 1300
Coondapur 0.508 0.873
Honavar 0.375 1.049
250 210o150* GRID 1
/010 Karwar 0.199 0.19
---- GROSS 190 1700 Goa 0.634 0.763

0 4 8 12 16 20
Vengurla 0.409 0.938
Malvan 0.686 0.734
Devgarh 0.556 0.805
Ratnagiri 0.925 0.625
I c
Jaigarh 0.600 0.820
Dabhol 0.686 0.735
Murud 0.712 0.720
2300
Bombay 1.313 0.540
Tarapur 0.712 0.720
210 50O GRID 2
250 110
Umbergaon 1.523 0.386
Valsad 0.980 0.594
190o 170o Diu 0.856 1.512
o 4 8 12 16 20 Veraval 0.163 1.651
Mangrol 0.287 1.197
Navibandar 0.390 1.018
Probandar 0.263 1.250

Units are 106 m3/yr

190* 1700

Figure 6. Variation of annual gross and net longshore transport

rates with coastal orientation.

the Indian west coast also comprises many head- the Indian west coast, in
lands and estuaries, care must be taken in apply-sediment dynamics in th
ing the results to all morphological elements of limited. In this context
the coast. vides first hand informa
The estimated annual gross sediment transportiment transport environ
rate is high (1.5 x 106 m3 to 2.0 x 106 m3) along line. Further, the model
the coasts of north Kerala, north Karnataka and the values obtained fro
south Gujarat. The annual net transport is to- rose diagrams provide
wards the south along Karnataka and north Ker- sediment transport rate
ala coasts. Maharashtra coast experiences negli- transport for a given co
gible quantity of annual net transport. The coasts Indian west coast. The c
near Malvan, Dabhol, Murud and Tarapur appear sented in Table 1 will h
to be nodal drift points. derstand the sediment t
In spite of the size and regional significance of all important places situ

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Ni

a oa oa a

Jan Feb Mar Apr

May Jun Jut ' Aug

- I +
ombay ombay ombay ombay
o

o0

Goa Goa oa Goa

Sep Oct Nov Dec

Transport
105 m3/month < in
.1.1-
o Negligible

Figure 7. Monthly sediment transport along the coast of west India.

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El RESUME rO
On a estime le transport de sediments parallblement A la c6te de Cochin A Porbandar A partir de donnees de houle observe
1968 A 1986 d'un bateau. Les transports s~dimentaires sont assez Alev6s pendant la periode de mousson du SW, de juin A se
Le taux global annuel de transport est eleve (1,5-2 x 106 m3) sur les c6tes du Kerala, au nord du Karnataka et du Sud du Gu
La c6te de Maharashtra presente un transport net annual assez faible (0,1 x 106 m3). Le transport net annuel est au Su
des c6tes du Kerala et du Karnataka. Les c6tes de Malvan, Dabbol, Murud et Tarapur sont des points nodaux de d6rive
volume transporte gal dans chaque direction.-Catherine Bousquet-Bressolier, Gdomorphologie EPHE, Montrouge, Fra

El RESUMEN El
Observaciones de olas realizidas desde buques (1968-1986), han permitido estimar el transporte de sedimentos a lo
Oeste de la India entre Cochin y Porbandar. Para las costas de: Kerala, Norte de Karnataka y Sud de Gujarat, d
de Junio a Setiembre, Apoca de del Mons6n del SW, el volumen del material transportado fue relativamente alto (
En Maharashtra, el transporte neto anual calculado fue relativamente bajo (0.1 x 106 m3). En las costas Norte de K
la direcci6n del transporte neto fue hacia el Sud. Pr6ximo a las zonas costeras de Malvan, Dabhol, Murud y Tarapu
dos puntos nodales, con igual volumen anual transportado en las direcciones dominantes.--Nstor W. Lanfred
Plata, Argentina.

El ZUSAMMENFASSUNG El
An der Westkiiste Indiens wurde zwischen Cochin und Porbandar der kiistenparallele Sedimenttransport abgesch
mit Hilfe von Wellenmessungen, die vom Schiff aus durchgefiihrt wurden (1968 bis 1986). Wiihrend des Siidwes
Juni bis September, wird relativ viel Sediment kiistenparallel versetzt. Die jiihrliche Rate des gesamten Sedimen
den Kiisten Nordkeralas, Nordkarnatakas und Siidgujarats hoch (1.5-2 x 106 m3). Dagegen weist die Kiiste von Ma
vergleichsweise niedrigen jiihrlichen Nettotransport auf (0.1 x 106 m3). Entlang den Kiisten Nordkeralas und
jlihrliche Nettotransport siidwdirts gerichtet. Die Kiistenabschnitte bei Malvan, Dabhol, Murud und Tarapur schein
zu sein, da bei ihnen im Jahr jeweils gleiche Sedimentmengen in beiden Richtungen transportiert werden.-H
Department of Geography, University of Marburg, Germany.

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