Albanian’s Adriatic Coastline Behaviour and its Morphodynamic State. Durrësi Bay Case

Year 2018, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 57 - 61, 30.03.2018

Sokol Marku Lulëzim Guma

Abstract

This
paper tries to present the changes of Durrësi Bay coastline through the works carried
out by the Albanian Geological Survey in this area during the last decade. This
work was aimed for the monitoring of the coastline behaviour of which compared
with the older data collected during years ‘70-‘80 of the past century during the
hydrographical and topographic surveys carried out. Using our data and those carried
by other hydrographical works we have tried to give for the first time a
classification of beach state for the Durrësi Bay, according to the concept of
beach morphodynamic states given in the literature. 

Keywords

Adriatic Sea, Durrësi Bay, beach, morphpdynamics, monitoring

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