NEWTS1.0: Numerical model of coastal Erosion by Waves and Transgressive Scarps
Models of rocky-coast erosion help us understand the physical phenomena that control coastal morphology and evolution, infer the processes shaping coasts in remote environments, and evaluate risk from natural hazards and future climate change. Existing models, however, are highly complex, are comput...
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| author | Palermo, Rose V Perron, J Taylor Soderblom, Jason M Birch, Samuel PD Hayes, Alexander G Ashton, Andrew D |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Palermo, Rose V Perron, J Taylor Soderblom, Jason M Birch, Samuel PD Hayes, Alexander G Ashton, Andrew D |
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| description | Models of rocky-coast erosion help us understand the physical phenomena that control coastal morphology and evolution, infer the processes shaping coasts in remote environments, and evaluate risk from natural hazards and future climate change. Existing models, however, are highly complex, are computationally expensive, and depend on many input parameters; this limits our ability to explore planform erosion of rocky coasts over long timescales (thousands to millions of years) and over a range of conditions. In this paper, we present a simplified cellular model of coastline evolution in closed basins through uniform erosion and wave-driven erosion. Uniform erosion is modeled as a constant rate of retreat. Wave erosion is modeled as a function of fetch, the distance over which the wind blows to generate waves, and the angle between the incident wave and the shoreline. This reduced-complexity model can be used to evaluate how a detachment-limited coastal landscape reflects climate, sea-level history, material properties, and the relative influence of different erosional processes. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1576772024-12-21T05:57:18Z NEWTS1.0: Numerical model of coastal Erosion by Waves and Transgressive Scarps Palermo, Rose V Perron, J Taylor Soderblom, Jason M Birch, Samuel PD Hayes, Alexander G Ashton, Andrew D Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Joint Program in Oceanography Models of rocky-coast erosion help us understand the physical phenomena that control coastal morphology and evolution, infer the processes shaping coasts in remote environments, and evaluate risk from natural hazards and future climate change. Existing models, however, are highly complex, are computationally expensive, and depend on many input parameters; this limits our ability to explore planform erosion of rocky coasts over long timescales (thousands to millions of years) and over a range of conditions. In this paper, we present a simplified cellular model of coastline evolution in closed basins through uniform erosion and wave-driven erosion. Uniform erosion is modeled as a constant rate of retreat. Wave erosion is modeled as a function of fetch, the distance over which the wind blows to generate waves, and the angle between the incident wave and the shoreline. This reduced-complexity model can be used to evaluate how a detachment-limited coastal landscape reflects climate, sea-level history, material properties, and the relative influence of different erosional processes. 2024-11-26T14:13:41Z 2024-11-26T14:13:41Z 2024 2024-11-26T14:04:05Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157677 Palermo, R. V., Perron, J. T., Soderblom, J. M., Birch, S. P. D., Hayes, A. G., and Ashton, A. D.: NEWTS1.0: Numerical model of coastal Erosion by Waves and Transgressive Scarps, Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 3433–3445. en 10.5194/gmd-17-3433-2024 Geoscientific Model Development Creative Commons Attribution https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Copernicus GmbH Copernicus GmbH |
| spellingShingle | Palermo, Rose V Perron, J Taylor Soderblom, Jason M Birch, Samuel PD Hayes, Alexander G Ashton, Andrew D NEWTS1.0: Numerical model of coastal Erosion by Waves and Transgressive Scarps |
| title | NEWTS1.0: Numerical model of coastal Erosion by Waves and Transgressive Scarps |
| title_full | NEWTS1.0: Numerical model of coastal Erosion by Waves and Transgressive Scarps |
| title_fullStr | NEWTS1.0: Numerical model of coastal Erosion by Waves and Transgressive Scarps |
| title_full_unstemmed | NEWTS1.0: Numerical model of coastal Erosion by Waves and Transgressive Scarps |
| title_short | NEWTS1.0: Numerical model of coastal Erosion by Waves and Transgressive Scarps |
| title_sort | newts1 0 numerical model of coastal erosion by waves and transgressive scarps |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157677 |
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