Along the Italian rocky coasts it’s possible to recognize deposits made up mainly of boulders, isolated or accumulated in fields and berms, at elevations and distances variables from the shoreline. These singular geomorphological evidences are connected to extreme marine events such as storm surge that are frequents on rocky coast of Apulia region. During a storm event, a high energy flux is produced, to allow the transport of boulders along the coast in different scenarios, like subaerial, submerged and joint bounded. Evaluating energy flux needed to move boulders respect the energy flux deriving from a storm, it’s possible quantify the number of waves needed to move the boulders. Here an example of boulders transported on rocky coast is given by Torre dell’Ovo area, 45 kilometers south-east of Taranto.
Energy balance to transport massive boulders on rocky coast area.
Giovanni Scardino
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;Maurilio Milella;Francesco De Giosa;Giuseppe Mastronuzzi
2018-01-01
Abstract
Along the Italian rocky coasts it’s possible to recognize deposits made up mainly of boulders, isolated or accumulated in fields and berms, at elevations and distances variables from the shoreline. These singular geomorphological evidences are connected to extreme marine events such as storm surge that are frequents on rocky coast of Apulia region. During a storm event, a high energy flux is produced, to allow the transport of boulders along the coast in different scenarios, like subaerial, submerged and joint bounded. Evaluating energy flux needed to move boulders respect the energy flux deriving from a storm, it’s possible quantify the number of waves needed to move the boulders. Here an example of boulders transported on rocky coast is given by Torre dell’Ovo area, 45 kilometers south-east of Taranto.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
