National sediment compartment framework for Australian coastal management

• Published in: Ocean & coastal management Vol. 154; pp. 103 - 120
• Main Authors: Thom, B.G., Eliot, I., Eliot, M., Harvey, N., Rissik, D., Sharples, C., Short, A.D., Woodroffe, C.D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.03.2018
• Subjects: Australia; Cell; Coastal planning; Longshore transport; Sediment compartment; Australia; Cell; Coastal planning; Sediment compartment; Longshore transport

The concept of coastal sediment compartments was first used in the 1960s in the United States. It has since been recognised as appropriate for defining sections of the Australian coast, but had not been uniformly adopted around the nation in the way that has underpinned management, as in other count...