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The pier, which would extend out from where El Tico Beach Cantina is based, was described as “necessary” by developers to prevent longshore drift of sand, which they claimed was causing ...

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A narrow sand tidal island called Spurn in Yorkshire was featured in BBC’s Seven Natural Wonders in 2005 - here is some background on how it was formed.

“Wanda beach is in a region that is accreting sediments due to longshore drift within the Bate Bay embayment, where beaches further south are receding,” she said.

Groynes – structures designed to slow down longshore drift – will be built using timber and steel. Sand will also be replenished, with the municipality covering 760,000 cubic metres. The project is ...

Spurn was formed by longshore drift. The cliffs along the Holderness coast mainly comprise soft, easily eroded clays. Sand, gravel and sediment are swept southwards along the Holderness coastline. At ...

The cause of the shingle movement is the natural process of longshore drift - currents move material from one end of a bay to the other but in the case of the beaches of Start Bay what is happening is ...

Shingle is moved from east to west to allow the longshore drift to naturally spread it to aid the prevention of overtopping during storm events.

Burke, K. (1972) Longshore Drift, Submarine Canyons, and Submarine Fans in Development of Niger Delta. AAPG Bulletin, 56, 1975-1983.

The report indicates the groynes, which date back to the 1950s, had become "ineffective" because they no longer trapped material moved along the beach by longshore drift.