Fractal analysis of shoreline patterns for crenulate-bay beaches, Southern China

Zhi Jun Dai; Chun Chu Li; Qing Ling Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2004.04.004

Fractal analysis of shoreline patterns for crenulate-bay beaches, Southern China

Zhi Jun Dai^*, Chun Chu Li, Qing Ling Zhang

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Shoreline patterns of 34 crenulate-bay beaches in Southern China were investigated. The differentiated criteria for log-spiral shoreline curves offered by Silvester (Am. Soc. Civ. Eng. Proc. 96 (1970) 275; Coastal Engineering, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1974) 338) and Hsu et al. (J. Waterw. Port Coast. Eng. 115 (1989) 285) were used to determine the equilibrium morphology of each beach. Results show that the discriminated principles of the equilibrium log-spiral curve were not suitable for all the beaches. Based on the theory of the log-spiral stable curve and beach morphology and the dynamic action setting in Southern China, fractal analysis was adopted to classify the patterns in the shorelines. It shows that shorelines include three modes: dynamic balance of accretion, static equilibrium and the dynamic balance of erosion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	65-71
Number of pages	7
Journal	Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Volume	61
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2004.04.004
State	Published - Sep 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

crenulate-bay beach
fractal analysis
log-spiral theory
shoreline patterns

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