A Primer of Basic Concepts of Lakeshore Processes (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from A Primer of Basic Concepts of Lakeshore Processes The motion of water in a lake is the result of many complex processes involving the interaction of the hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere. Present knowledge of water motion is a result of both theoretical and empirical investigations. Essential results of the physical theory along with a discussion of currents are described here in a qualitative manner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




A Primer of Basic Concepts of Lakeshore Processes


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Water waves and currents vary among other things, with geography, water level (stage of tide), season, and offshore slope. The net effect of wave and current forces impinging upon a shoreline, ocean or lake is to change the morphology of the coastline as a result of erosion, transport, and deposition of sediment. In general, the model of sediment transport can be thought of as movement of a sand grain from some source such as a headland, to a barrier beach, to a dune, into an inlet or to an offshore sink. Knowledge of the processes of erosion, transportation, and deposition of sediment implicit in this model is of value to the engineer and the geologist as well as the shoreline property owner. Concepts of generation of water motions and directions of flow, characteristics of the flow, water levels and their periodicity, bed form generation and movement, and sediment entrainment and transport are fundamental to the understanding of lakeshore processes. Basic aspects of these concepts, in lay terms, are presented in the report.