Oia

Pontevedra

WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE?

From photogametric models realized with drones in years 2014 and 2016 was calculating the volumetric changes in a boulder beach about 20,000 m2. For the study was used a Limit of Detection of 3.71 cm and a pixel size of 1.8 cm.

“The seaward part of the beach suffers a higher erosion level.”

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This work is a first approximation to analyses volumetric changes in a rocky coast globally, employing drone images. This research demonstrated that erosion only domain in 19% of study area, while accretion upper 1 500 m3 during the analysis period.

The beach behavior is in relation with a perturbation about an equilibrium beach gradient. This is related to storm severity during each Galicia winter period.

CURIOSITIES

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During the winter sea drag great quantities of material to the beach, include seaweed.

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In central part of the beach is where locate the major part of boulders mobilized.