Wave transformation within a coral reef lagoon system, Erakor lagoon, Vanuatu
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Faivre, G
Lagrabe, O
Ware, D
Kotra, K
Tomlinson, R
Mackey, B
Zhang, H
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2020
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Coral reefs encircle most of the islands in Vanuatu and provide natural breakwaters for coastal communities by reducing wave energy arriving at the shoreline acting to control both inundation and erosion. Climate Change is projected to both exacerbate coastal hazards and endanger corals. The aim of this paper is to better understand the parameters that govern hydrodynamics on fringing reef systems. The interaction between the depth, waves and currents are studied from measurements conducted in Erakor lagoon, Vanuatu.Coral reefs encircle most of the islands in Vanuatu and provide natural breakwaters for coastal communities by reducing wave energy arriving at the shoreline acting to control both inundation and erosion. Climate Change is projected to both exacerbate coastal hazards and endanger corals. The aim of this paper is to better understand the parameters that govern hydrodynamics on fringing reef systems. The interaction between the depth, waves and currents are studied from measurements conducted in Erakor lagoon, Vanuatu.
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Conference Title
Proceedings of virtual Conference on Coastal Engineering, 2020
Volume
36
Issue
2020
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© The Author(s) 2021. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Subject
Physical oceanography
Geomorphology and earth surface processes
Hydrodynamics and hydraulic engineering
Marine engineering