Dr Uwe Dornbusch, Senior Specialist – Coast at the Environment Agency writes:
More than 7 years after the breach that created the first open-coast Managed Realignment site at Medmerry the shingle barrier has changed dramatically.
This open access paper – with the graphical abstract pasted above – describes the changes and provides insights into the processes that drove these changes which should inform future projects on shingle barriers along the coastal group frontages.
Destabilisation and Accelerated Roll-Back of a Mixed Sediment Barrier in Response to a Managed Breach
By Uwe Dornbusch. Published in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 1st April 2021. Available from: www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/4/374