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Titocan MI

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  Spatial Assessment of the Textural Characteristics and Sorting of Beach Deposits on the Barrier Lagoon Coastal Complex, Lagos Nigeria
  Author(s): Titocan MI*, Ibitola MP, Faleye BR and Akinade-Solomon OC Titocan MI*, Ibitola MP, Faleye BR and Akinade-Solomon OC
  
  The textural characteristics and sorting of the beach deposits on the Lagos barrier lagoon coastal complex was determined using grain size analysis of sediments. Fifty sediment samples were collected from five beaches namely Seme, Yovoyan, Lekki, Okun-Ajah and Orimedu. Inclusive mean and the inclusive standard deviation (sorting) were used to spatially assess the textural characteristics and sorting of sediment grain size so as to determine the prevailing wave energy level traversing the beaches and their significant variations at each beach using analysis of variance. The textural characteristics for the beaches showed dominantly coarse sands, moderately sorted sediments along the waterline, while medium sands, moderately well sorted sediments were found at the berm of the five beaches. The cross-shore profile of the beaches gave a dynamic system with moderately high wave energy betw.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2381-8719.1000334

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