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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/108568| Title: | Satellite investigation to study pocket beach dynamics in Malta. The SIPOBED project |
| Authors: | Galone, Luciano Colica, Emanuele Iregbeyen, Peter Piroddi, Luca Gauci, Adam Deidun, Alan Valentino, Gianluca D'Amico, Sebastiano |
| Keywords: | Beaches -- Morphological aspects -- Malta Geomorphology -- Malta Coastal sediments -- Malta Coast changes -- Malta Geodynamics -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Citation: | Galone, L., Colica, E., Iregbeyen, P., Piroddi, L., Gauci, A., Deidun, A.,...D'Amico, S. (2023). Satellite Investigation to study POcket BEach Dynamics in Malta. The SIPOBED project (No. EGU23-15349). EGU General Assembly 2023, Austria. 1-2. |
| Abstract: | Pocket Beaches are small beaches limited by natural headlands, strongly jutting into the sea, free from direct sedimentary contributions that are not eroded from back-shore cliffs. Malta’s pocket beaches are one of the most significant geomorphologic features of the archipelago. They play an important role for a variety of ecological and economic reasons. In this sense, sediment (mostly sand) dynamics is the most relevant factor to consider in the beach system. Sediment movement can be driven by a variety of factors, including wave action, currents, wind and direct and indirect anthropic action, leading to extreme morphological modifications in some cases. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/108568 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciGeo |
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