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• TITLE: Short-Term Assessment of Retreating vs. Advancing Microtidal Beaches Based on the Backshore/Foreshore Length Ratio: Examples from the Basilicata Coasts (Southern Italy)

  AUTHORS: Sergio G. Longhitano

  KEYWORDS: Beach Profile, Subaerial Beach, Backshore, Foreshore, Equilibrium Profile

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Marine Science, Vol.5 No.1, January 26, 2015

  ABSTRACT: A straightforward conceptual method is proposed to quantitatively assess the seasonal-scale tendency of retreatment or advancement on microtidal beaches by using the backshore/foreshore length ratio. This method is based on measuring the cross-shore profile of a beach when it passes through the “transitional state” that separates the high-from the low-energy season, period during which the morphological characteristics of the beach tend to its equilibrium profile. In order to obtain real measurements of backshore (B) and foreshore (F), the definition of the limits bounding these two important components in subaerial beaches is reviewed and discussed. The approach based on the measurement of theB/Flength ratio assumes that foreshore and backshore have equivalent lengths in beaches that approximate to their state of morphodynamic equilibrium (B/F~ 1). A backshore length exceeding the foreshore length is indicative of a state of beach recession, with aB/Flength ratio > 1. When the foreshore length is greater than the backshore length, the shoreline is advancing or, alternatively, it is developing in a state of morphological confinement,i.e.due to the presence of a sea cliff, with aB/FB/Flength ratio.