The question that I will be answering for my coursework is which is best at protecting the Northumberland coastline – groynes or beach nourishment. I will be going to Blyth beach also I will be visiting Newbiggen beach I am investigating the Northumberland coastline as part of my geography coursework also because I live in the UK and I want to see how safe the people of the UK are with the safety of the coastline and its defences against coastal erosion. We will be visiting the Northumberland coastline on Thursday the 15th of May 2014.
Key concepts
1. Impact on beach profile - Beach profile is a simple surveying technique used to measure changes in the contour of the monitored beach.
2. Impact on sediment size - Sediment is a naturally occurring
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material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion. 3. Public opinion – what the public think of something and whether they think it is good or not. 4. Opinion of coastal warden – Arthur Cranson is the coastal warden he is important because he covers a certain part of the Northumberland coastline. Location FIGURE 1: Local scale of Newbiggen by the sea FIGURE 2: A scale of the region that the Northumberland coastline is in. The Northumberland Coast is an Area which covers over 100 miles of coastline from Berwick-Upon-Tweed to the River Coquet estuary in the Northeast of England. The Northumberland coastline is located to the east of the A1 road. It is at most times populated and includes sandy beaches, sand dunes, rugged cliffs and isolated islands. It includes two National Nature Reserves. Coal fields are nearby and 'sea coal' is washed up on the beaches a lot of the time. Method Key concept How it will be collected Why it will be collected like this Sample type and size Impact on sediment size We used a sieve to check the sand and know how fine the sand is and how good it is in that area. Also after we do that we will weigh the sieve so we can find out in each part how much sediment there was in every part of the sieve. We used a sieve because it is an easy way of finding out how fine the sand is and it is a fast way of getting the data. Also we will use a sieve because it is easy to take apart and put back together but more to the point because we could weigh each part individually and get a better piece of data. I would take some sand put it in a sieve and shake it until all of the pieces of sand fit in the right places. After that I will weigh each part of the sieve and see how much each part weighed. Public opinion I will be using a questionnaire to give to people around where we are working and see what the people living near the Northumberland coastline feel like and how safe they feel living there and what they would like to see happen to make their living safer (see appendix 1 for questionnaire) I will be using questionnaire to see what people think about the beach and how safe they feel with the defences there on the Northumberland coastline and what they want to happen to make their living styles just a bit safer. I will collect the data by asking random people. This is an advantage as it is not bias and the people I who I ask could live anywhere in Northumberland therefore the people who answer the questions I give might live 1 mile away or more than 3 miles away. Impact on beach profile We would collect the beach profile by using a tape measure and a clinometer and 2 raging poles at the top of the beach to the bottom of the beach.
We will do this about 4 times and see the difference and see if there is any change. We will use this way to collect beach profile because it is the easiest way to find out what we need it is also done this way because it is more accurate and more reliable the more times we do it but eventually it will stop as we only go 50 metres at a time. We did this by using a tape measure and a clinometer and 2 raging poles at the top of the beach to the bottom of the beach each time we did this it would take about 5 minutes each time when done properly.
Opinion of coastal warden We will have an interview with Arthur Cranson who is the coastal warden he is important to my investigation because he covers a certain part of the Northumberland coastline. Once he has spoken we will ask some questions from some of the people in my group.
We will do this so that he can tell us his personal opinion on what he thinks is best at defending the Northumberland coastline also he will talk about a lot of other things such as sea walls, groynes and beach nourishment
etc. We sat and spoke to Arthur Cranson for 20 minutes he tried to make us understand that the groynes do a lot of help to the defence also the talk with Arthur was very helpful as he said that he tires his hardest to stay on top of the defences. Results Impact on Beach profile Sediment size Public opinion Analysis 1. The graph which has the title “Which is most effective at protecting the Northumberland Coastline” shows me that beach replemishment is a 0.1% better accouding to the public that live near or on the northumberland coastline, this could be because the extra sand on the beaches does more help than the groynes however they both add to the beach. Beach replemishment is rated 6.7 out of 10 where as groynes have been rated at 6.6 out of 10. This itself is a key factor even though it is only 0.1% it means that the public think that beach replemishment is better than groynes in some peoples eyes. 2. The graph that has the title “Which is the most attractive at the Northumberland Coastline” shows me that beach nourishment is rated at 8.2 out of 10 this could be because it looks natural and it is easy to apply on the coastline and wouldn’t cost as much as groynes on the other hand groynes are rated at 6.0 out of 10 this could have a smaller attractive rate percenatge compared to beach nourishment because it costs more and it is not ateshthleticaly pleasing as most people I spoke to said it was a less little unatractive compared to extra sand being brought to be applied to the beach. The sand looks natural and is there all the time and it helps the beach in a lot of ways. 3. The graph with the title “Do you feel safer knowing that there are coastal defences operating here” tells me that 91% of people feel safe as they know that the management team are doing all they can to make the coastline safer as possible and it also makes them aware of the things already there. 9% of people are not aware of the defences that currently operate on the northumberland coastline this could be because they do not pay much attention their surroundings aswell as that they may not be informed about the new management schemes taking place. 4. The graph with the title “Difference between height of beach and top of the Groyne at Blyth” shows the Difference between height of beach and top of the Groyne at Blyth what I can say from the graph is that it as the metre go up every 10 metres the downdrift increases aswell as the updrift. At 0 metres the updrift of the groyne was at 1 metre and downdrift was at 0.5. the highest point of the downdrift was at 50 metres where as updrift was at 1 metre after 10 metres. 5. My hand drawn graph shows the proflie down at the Newbiggen groynes on the south and north side of the beach. What I can see from my hand drawn graph is that the profile stays the same throughout the time that I measured the beach profile up and down the beach. The beach profile stays the same mostly at around 15 metres however when I went to the north side then the profile was at 30 metres.
* A decrease in pebble size in the direction of long shore drift. * An increase in pebble roundness in the direction of long shore drift. I visited the two extreme ends of the beach, Gore point at the west and Hurl stone point at the east, at each end I measured: * The shape of the beach known as the beach profile, using a tape measurer and a clinometer. A clinometer measures the angle of a slope. * The size and shape of a sample of pebbles.
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