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Coastal problems associated with Southern Colombo Harbour expansion project

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dc.contributor.author Nawarathna, NMIB
dc.contributor.author Jeevakan, T
dc.contributor.author Ranatunga, RPUM
dc.contributor.author Jayasena, JHDJ
dc.contributor.author Ratnayaka, NP
dc.contributor.editor Ratnayake, NP
dc.contributor.editor Abeysinghe, AMKB
dc.date.accessioned 2022-07-02T07:58:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-07-02T07:58:45Z
dc.date.issued 2011-11
dc.identifier.citation Nawarathna, N.M.I.B., Jeevakan, T., Ranatunga, R.P.U.M., Jayasena, J.H.D.J., & Ratnayaka, N.P. (2011). Coastal problems associated with Southern Colombo Harbour expansion project. In N. P. Ratnayake & A.M.K.B. Abeysinghe (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Minerals and Innovative Thinking (pp. 21-24). Department of Earth Resources Engineering, University of Moratuwa en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/18415
dc.description.abstract Colombo is the major commercial harbour in Sri Lanka and the government has started to expand this harbour to increase its capacity. Therefore, a breakwater has started to build perpendicular to the shoreline. Due to these types of offshore structures wave patterns as well as current patterns changes to a large extent, leading to detrimental effects on the coastal beaches on either side of the harbour. In this study, we are planning to understand coastal effects due to the harbour expansion by studying 8 transects selected from each side of the harbour and measuring beach width, profile changes and grain size variation at mean sea level at monthly interval. This information along with previous shoreline data collected from the Survey department of Sri Lanka can be used to understand the coastal sediment dynamics including the erosion and deposition characters in the nearby beaches. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Earth Resources Engineering en_US
dc.subject Coastal erosion en_US
dc.subject Sediment transportation en_US
dc.subject Southern Colombo Harbour Expansion Project en_US
dc.subject Monsoon en_US
dc.subject Longshore drift en_US
dc.title Coastal problems associated with Southern Colombo Harbour expansion project en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Earth Resources Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.year 2011 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 6th National Conference on Minerals and Innovative Thinking en_US
dc.identifier.place Katubedda en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 21-24 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of 6th National Conference on Minerals and Innovative Thinking en_US
dc.identifier.email nalinratna2010@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email nalin@uom.lk en_US


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