The effect of coral degradation on the wave transformation and runup near Whitehouse beach, Jamaica
dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Nienhuis, J.H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Broek, M.A. van den | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-08T18:00:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-08T18:00:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/1270 | |
dc.description.abstract | Coral reefs can protect low-altitude coastal areas against wave runup, flooding, and erosion by dissipating wave energy at some distance from the shoreline. Degraded reefs from bleaching events or physical damage can lead to a reduction in bottom friction and roughness. This is also true for the fringing reef at Whitehouse bay in Jamaica. For this research I did an observational study on the current state of coral reefs in the study area, using structure for motion. In addition to this, I did numerical simulations of the wave propagation over the coral reefs in both their current state and in a further degraded state, using Xbeach. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 10044609 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | The effect of coral degradation on the wave transformation and runup near Whitehouse beach, Jamaica | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Earth Surface and Water |