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The Kaikoura Coastline from the Hapuka to the Kahutara

The Kaikoura Coastline from the Hapuka to the Kahutara. human actions that modify natural processes, and the outcomes. Focus. The focus of this section is on ‘how people modify a process’ that operates within your selected geographic environment NOT how people modify the environment.

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The Kaikoura Coastline from the Hapuka to the Kahutara

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  1. The Kaikoura Coastline from the Hapuka to the Kahutara • human actions that modify natural processes, and the outcomes.

  2. Focus The focus of this section is on ‘how people modify a process’ that operates within your selected geographic environment NOT how people modify the environment. Remember that a process maintains and/or modifies the environment so a change in the process will change the environment

  3. Modification of Wave Action Wave Reflection Sea Walls & End Effects Groynes Revetment walls (rip-rap)

  4. Wave Reflection When waves hit an object and the energy can not be absorbed or dissipated then it is reflected. This reflection causes increased turbulence as it mixes with the next incoming wave resulting in increased rates of erosion. Content\MEDIA\V16202.MOV

  5. Scouring Increased erosion occurs at the base of sea walls, the wave undermines the structure and erodes at the base. This leads to slumping and collapsing behind the sea wall

  6. End Effects of structures End effect is the term given to the erosion which can occur at the ends of sea walls due to longshore reflection of wave energy off the structure and loss of natural supply of material to nourish the beach. As a general rule of thumb the end effects can extend up to 70% of the length of the structure i.e. a 45m structure has potential end effects of 30m either end of the structure

  7. Groynes • Groynes are short walls built out from the shore to control the material moving along the shore. • If the groyne stops the sand from moving by longshore drift, the down drift side will no longer receive the material. • Content\MEDIA\V37163A.MOV • Content\MEDIA\V37161.MOV

  8. Steps at Kaikoura • The sea wall at Kaikoura has a set of protruding steps that act unintendedly as a groyne increasing rates of erosion

  9. Revetment Walls • Rock revetment structures produce less end effects than vertical seawalls as they dissipate more energy due to the greater roughness of their surface. This also results in less overtopping by run-up

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