Nature-Based Solution along High-Energy Eroding Sandy Coasts: Preliminary Tests on the Reinstatement of Natural Dynamics in Reprofiled Coastal Dunes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Field Site and Experimental Set-Up
2.1. The Gironde Coast
2.2. Truc Vert Experimental Set-Up
2.2.1. Topographic Surveys
2.2.2. Vegetation Surveys
3. Preliminary Results
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ATV | All-terrain vehicle |
DEM | Digital elevation model |
DGPS | Differential global positioning system |
DSM | Digital surface model |
ONF | Office National des Forêts |
UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
WEPA | West Europe Pressure Anomaly |
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Castelle, B.; Laporte-Fauret, Q.; Marieu, V.; Michalet, R.; Rosebery, D.; Bujan, S.; Lubac, B.; Bernard, J.-B.; Valance, A.; Dupont, P.; et al. Nature-Based Solution along High-Energy Eroding Sandy Coasts: Preliminary Tests on the Reinstatement of Natural Dynamics in Reprofiled Coastal Dunes. Water 2019, 11, 2518. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122518
Castelle B, Laporte-Fauret Q, Marieu V, Michalet R, Rosebery D, Bujan S, Lubac B, Bernard J-B, Valance A, Dupont P, et al. Nature-Based Solution along High-Energy Eroding Sandy Coasts: Preliminary Tests on the Reinstatement of Natural Dynamics in Reprofiled Coastal Dunes. Water. 2019; 11(12):2518. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122518
Chicago/Turabian StyleCastelle, Bruno, Quentin Laporte-Fauret, Vincent Marieu, Richard Michalet, David Rosebery, Stéphane Bujan, Bertrand Lubac, Jean-Baptiste Bernard, Alexandre Valance, Pascal Dupont, and et al. 2019. "Nature-Based Solution along High-Energy Eroding Sandy Coasts: Preliminary Tests on the Reinstatement of Natural Dynamics in Reprofiled Coastal Dunes" Water 11, no. 12: 2518. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122518