Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/Y50323X/1
Gravel barrier resilience in a changing climate (#gravelbeach)
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr J Brown, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor DC Conley, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor H Burningham, University College London, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor T O'Donoghue, University of Aberdeen, Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr DA van der A, University of Aberdeen, Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M Davidson, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr R Smedley, University of Liverpool, Geography and Planning
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor G Masselink, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr T Poate, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor D Pokrajac, University of Aberdeen, Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr T Scott, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr MJ Austin, Bangor University, Sch of Ocean Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr CE Blenkinsopp, University of Bath, Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor J Leyland, University of Southampton, Sch of Geography & Environmental Sci
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr C J McCarron, H R Wallingford Ltd, Coasts
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr C Thompson, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr H Kassem, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Grant held at:
- National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- None
- Science Topics:
- None
- Abstract:
- #gravelbeach will deliver new scientific advances through an integrated and comprehensive morphosedimentary evaluation, intense field observations, targeted laboratory experiments, and numerical model development/simulation. Cross-shore stratigraphy and groundwater analysis will offer insights into the geomorphological controls on barrier dynamics and evolution, and the development and persistence of some of the 'vegetated shingle' ecosystems. This new holistic understanding of gravel barrier dynamics, from event to centennial scale, will bring our process and response understanding level with that of their much more studied sandy counterparts. Implementing this enhanced understanding into numerical tools capable of modelling barrier morphodynamics over timescales relevant to management decision making, ranging from storms through seasons and decades to centuries, will provide confidence to bring these natural changes and responses into sustainable coastal management methods. This will increase coastal resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change. To enable fundamental improvements in the management of gravel coastlines, #gravelbeach will: 1) provide a typology of gravel barrier systems; 2) enable quantitative process understanding of barrier response over a range of temporal scales; 3) develop new gravel-specific predictive tools; 4) inform future management decisions related to barrier evolution and changes to the barrier ecology; and 5) provide case study sites, involving stakeholders at a local, regional and national level, to demonstrate transferability of the results and create a blueprint for managing gravel coastal systems.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/Y50323X/1
- Grant Stage:
- Awaiting Event/Action
- Scheme:
- Research Grants
- Grant Status:
- Active
- Programme:
- Highlights
This grant award has a total value of £2,676,595
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DA - Estate Costs | DI - Staff | DA - Other Directly Allocated | DI - T&S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £271,791 | £899,926 | £464,404 | £237,425 | £543,931 | £80,731 | £178,389 |
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